Forgive You as I Forgive Myself Spoilers

After watching Mary and Max on the deserted campus on Thanksgiving Day, the corridor of the dormitory building was empty when I walked out the door.

Then I remembered a lot of things.

I remember when I went abroad to study elementary school, I walked into the school gate and turned the corner in the morning, wiping tears where my father couldn't see.

When I was going back to my hometown to study many years later, I woke up crying in the middle of the night because I was afraid of facing the changes in the world alone. Four years later, my parents sent me to the United States to study in college again. I cried again. My mother cried too. I watched my parents' car leave the school and then walked alone in the school for a long time. It later became a habit. When I had something on my mind, I would walk alone on campus round and round.

So I understood this film. Although I have no birthmark on my face, I am not obese, I have many friends, and my life is wonderful. Although I spend a lot of time talking to people every day, having meetings, giving seminars, and talking about philosophy. But me and the people around me who are talking non-stop, are all patients with Asperger's disease like Marx. We can't understand the noise, complexity, and chaos of the world. We can't grasp the subtle and fickle emotions between people. We don't understand life, love, fate, and each other, just like Marx didn't understand why people litter. We suffer in the gap between ideals and reality. We are all lonely people walking on the road of life. We cannot depend on others for growth, happiness, or salvation, but we are all eager to get understanding from others. We are all Mary and Max, struggling to understand and be understood.

A friend and his girlfriend have been in love since they were in middle school. They have been separated for seven or eight years because of going abroad. Finally, they decided to get married.

During the chat today, he told me that the girl he is going to marry has a short temper. They also often quarrel. But he chose to go on together. So everything has never changed. When problems arise, try to solve them, and work hard to communicate. And after watching this film tonight, I seem to finally understand why people spend a lot of time communicating, discussing, gossiping, and teasing each other every day, and why they should work hard to communicate and express themselves, even if the world is like a mystery.

Finally, we need to learn to forgive each other as we forgive ourselves.