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Accepting The Past In Morrie Schwartz's Aphorism

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Morrie Schwartz is one very quotable person. An aphorism of his is “Accept the past as the past, without denying it or discarding.” (Albom 18) Of all the aphorism I could choose to write about, I choses this one. Why? Because I can relate to it. Morrie accepts his past of how his mother, father, and brother died, how he was stuff. If you would ask Morrie about his past he would not deny it. “ insert quote where mitch asks about morrie's past.” This aphorism holds a lot of meaning to me. Accepting the past has helped me move forward in my life. I no longer hold grudges because I have realized there is no reason to hold grudges. This was a hard task for anyone ro do but it was especially hard for me. I used to hold grudges for

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