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Forgiveness Must Be Within By Elie Wiesel

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Forgiveness Must Be Within
Very few people are truly happy in life, because we are all a little mad at ourselves. The only way to become truly happy is to forgive yourself. In the book night the author Elie Wiesel tells the story of what he experienced throughout the holocaust. You see how horrible it was and how his life was affected by the atrocity. Although some people say that you do not need forgiveness to be happy I disagree. You need to forgive yourself to be truly happy because you can’t be mad with yourself or filled with guilt from your actions or lack thereof and be content with life. You can't get rid of your own thoughts so there will always be a constant reminder of what you are holding in. People who feel guilt over their actions or something they wished they did differently will be mad at themselves. You can’t feel anger towards yourself and be truly happy. The anger will always be within them unless they learn to forgive themselves for what they have done. An example of this is from my own experiences. There are things I have said to other people that I know hurt them even if that wasn't my intention. No matter how great my life may be going I will still be …show more content…

If you are mad at someone else you can always just stop talking to them completely, but with yourself there is no way to get rid of the reminder. Your thoughts will never leave you alone unless you figure yourself out and accept what happened. The evidence I have to support my claim is from the book Night by Elie Weisel after Elie’s father died and Elie felt guilt for not responding to his last words. “His last word had been my name. He had called out to me and I had not answered.” This quote shows that Elie not responding to his fathers last words stayed with him after years. The guilt he felt for not responding to his fathers words never left him because part of him is angry he didn’t respond to his father that

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