“We also need to forgive ourselves.” Ourselves? “Yes. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done.”
You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. That doesn't help you when you get to where I am.
I always wished I had done more with my work; I wished I had written more books. I used to beat myself up over it.
Now I see that never did any good. Make peace. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.
I leaned over and dabbed at the tears with a tissue. Morrie flicked his eyes open and closed.
His breathing was audible, like a light snore. “Forgive yourself. Forgive others.”
“Don't wait, Mitch. Not everyone gets the time I'm getting. Not everyone is as lucky.”
I tossed the tissue into the wastebasket and returned to his feet. Lucky?
I pressed my thumb into his hardened flesh and he didn't even feel it.
“The tension of opposites, Mitch. Remember that? Things pulling in different directions?”
I remember. “I mourn my dwindling time, but I cherish the chance it gives me to make things right.”
We sat there for a while, quietly, as the rain splattered against the windows.
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