Response To Morrie's Concept Of Forgiveness

“Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don’t wait.”, said Morrie (page.167). I strongly agree with Morrie’s concept of forgiveness, which makes it easy to apply to myself. I’ve always tried my best to put my pride to the side when I get in an argument with someone because if you think about it, losing someone over an argument is not worth it. All it takes is forgiveness to heal a relationship and to try to start fresh. Morrie also states that forgiving yourself is also important, but for some reason I personally find it easier to forgive others. Forgiving myself is actually a challenge for me and I believe it’s because both sides of the argument are stuck within my own head, whereas when I argue with another person, they believe one thing and
Morrie helped guide Mitch and taught him so many things about life that a lot of people do wrong within our society. Some people can learn the things that Morrie taught Mitch, such as how to go about feeling sorry for yourself, dealing with regret, dealing with death, the importance of family, and so on, own their own through experiences. Although this is the case, some people get lost and need guidance, so I feel as though Morrie would have been an amazing teacher for these people. I personally feel as though I have my own views and beliefs set straight, considering I view things very similar to Morrie. Although this is the case, while reading the book, I believe that it still helped me to gain insight on certain topics, such as feeling sorry for myself and dealing with death. I enjoyed the book because of this, but it’s definitely not my favourite book I’ve read. I found that Morrie’s advice got a bit repetitive at times and that he would state obvious things. Overall, I do appreciate the book and I believe that it allows the readers to get a similar experience of learning about life as to what Mitch did by going over to Morrie’s house to