Final Tuesdays with Morrie Aphorism Project

The aphorism that I selected to base my project off of was, "Love always wins."  The way that I interpreted this aphorism, and the way I see it is that love will always outweigh the efforts of hate and anger.  I believe that Morrie is trying to help us readers see eye to eye with him when it comes to the power of love and compassion.  Especially as Morrie draws nearer to his death, he is increasingly feeling for others, becoming more empathetic, and exploring the powers of love, friendship, and forgiveness.  Morrie wants us to understand that forgiveness and love will always prevail over anger and holding grudges, and he shares a regretted personal experience between himself and a friend that justifies his message.

 I've argued with friends and family all the time, since the day I could talk.  However there was one specific argument recently, between myself, and one of my very close friends that brought this aphorism to life for me.  The actual argument was based off something somewhat unimportant, I think it was basketball, and it started off as nothing more than a discussion of two opposing sides.  Arguments like this occur all the time, but the one escalated.  The two of us felt so strongly for our own side that neither of us wanted to acknowledge the other's point of view at all.  It wasn't like either of us were wrong or right, we just did not want to step down.  At one point, I decided that one of us had to stop being stubborn and just drop the conversation even if we didn't agree, and therefore I did.  Now this example does relates to the aphorism I chose, even if it is to a smaller scale or magnitude.  Instead of being angry at one another, we had to find peace and resolve our conflict by being able to "agree to disagree."

I definitely agree with this aphorism, and I think the main cause of my agreement is personal experiences related to arguing and compromising.  I think that compromising has a lot to do with what this aphorism is all about.  In order to be able to compromise with someone and find an agreement within conflict, you have to be caring, and you have to let go of part of what you want to make room for the other persons' feelings.  The act of that can be more simply defined as an act of love, compassion, and/or understanding.  For example, in the book Morrie said, "there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: ...If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble."  This goes to show that loving someone will be very hard if you don't have the ability to agree, and compromise.  If you can't do this, you essentially will "lose".  In conclusion, "love always wins."

My Aphorism:  "Make the best out of what you're given, because some things you won't be able to change."