Through everything I have learned from Morrie forgiveness is something I will take with me for the rest of my life is forgiveness. I've learned a lot more and I know what it truly means. I know how important it is to forgive others, but mostly yourself. If you do not forgive yourself, it will lead to regrets, which is another important life lesson that he taught. I will forgive others from now on through fights or mistakes, and I will carry this lesson through the rest of my life.
Mitch's description about the commitment of marriage:
An alligator from a murky swamp. Mitch thinks people are being more careful than those who came before us, or more selfish. Morrie believes that in this culture, it's so important to find a loving relationship with someone because so much of the culture does not give you that. He thinks that people today are too selfish to take part in a real loving relationship, or they rush into marriage and then six months later, they get divorced. He thinks that they don't know what they want in a partner and they don't know who they are themselves. It's sad, because when you're in a time like he is, friends are great, but they aren't going to be there to be there when you're are coughing and you can't sleep or when you need someone to comfort you and sit with you all night. Honestly, I agree with Morrie because he has a lot of good points. In life love goes on when you are with your family and friends and you are making memories together. From when you are born to when you are saying your last words, memories will always be there inside you even through everything life throws at you.
Do you believe in reincarnation? I ask.
"Perhaps" What would you come back as? "If I had my choice, a gazelle." A gazelle? "Yes. So graceful. So fast." A gazelle? Morrie smiles at me. "You think that's strange?" I study his shrunken frame, the loose clothes, the socks-wrapped feet that rest stiffly on foam rubber cushions, unable to move, like a prisoner in leg irons. I picture a gazelle racing across the desert. No, I say. I don't think that's strange at all. Mitch and Morrie have an interesting conversation about reincarnation: coming back from the dead as something different. If I were to be reincarnated into something I'd choose a dog. Why? because not only would I be with a family again, I'd still be loved. Anyways, being a dog would be pretty darn cool. My family is the most important thing in my world. It's first priority. Every little moment, every little interaction is special. You need to be with your family as long as you can so they'll be with you for the rest of your life. I realize just how important they are everyday when they go out of their way to help me with anything. I think about where I would be without them. Nowhere. I love my family more than anything else in the entire world.
I agree with Morrie's aphorism "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." Instead of waiting until you are dying to focus on what's important, be the kind of person you want to be, express to people what they mean to you, you can live every day like that, then if you find out you have little time left, you will be prepared.
Basically, when a teacher, like Jesus for example, gives a lesson, he never truly tells how that will pass on and how much it could affect somebody's whole life. Just one little lesson can change anyone's future.
My thought on regrets is that it's not just something you have done that you regret, it's what you didn't do. Morrie thinks that people worry about regrets when they are near death. People don't worry too much at a young age, but then think about the topic again when they are older. If you had a chance to do something and you didn't take that chance, that's a common regret. Kids never actually think about regrets truly and don't always think about what they truly mean.
I trust my parents because they have been with me all my life
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