How Is Tuesdays With Morrie Aphorism

In Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, on the Twelfth Tuesday Mitch and Morrie talk about forgiveness. Morrie’s aphorism is, “Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others” (164). I believe that Morrie is trying to express that you must forgive yourself for the things that you regret in your life, then you will be able to forgive the people that hurt you. For example, Morrie had a friend named Norman and him and his wife moved away and never called to see how Charlotte was doing after surgery. Morrie never forgave Norman although, Norman tried numerous times to reconcile with Morrie but, Morrie never forgave him. Morrie also says, “Mitch, we need to also forgive ourselves.” Morrie expresses that we must forgive ourselves for all the