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by: Kathrine Trimocha
The book is basically about Morrie Scwartz, a history professor at Brandies Universities, who has been diagnosed with ASL and is dying. A former student, Mitch Albom, who had become a fairly well known scriptwriter heard about his former teacher from interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline and decided to pay a visit. This visit turned into regular meetings on Tuesday thus began the Tuesdays with Morrie (14 Tuesdays).
This book has had more impact on my life than anything else that I have read so far. Albom plots Morrie’s declining health, which is quite depressing but at the same time imparts Morrie’s wisdom. The Tuesdays with Morrie were filled with simple trite remark, how to live the life you really want. Morrie Schwartz lives his life well through his dying. He had wonderful support system. He shows his love and gratitude to his family on daily basis. It is a true story of a meaning of life that is put into a short hardcover book. Morrie’s story is a magnificent one that imparts the true reasons why we are put here and the things we should cherish while living on earth. This book touched everyone’s heart that made us think about the things that are really important in life. It is a story that shows the positive view of life of a man whose life is declining. It also imparts that one doesn’t know how to live unless one knows how to die. One can definitely get a sense of what the important things in life are from someone who has little left but Morrie is particularly eloquent and seems to carry an upbeat dignity to the end. Sometimes it takes the wisdom of a dying man to jog us enough to realize that human relationship and health are more important than all the gadgets, modern conveniences and big monetary necessities. This is just the main point Morrie starts teaching Albom and getting through someone who, like many of us from time to time, have gotten obsessed with the real trivialities of life. The story of Morrie shows living your life with simplicity and connecting with those you love. It is a reminder to appreciate those simple things coming your life, that when you’re dead the things you have accumulated and done will disappear and what will remain are the ways that you have affected or touched people in your life that you are still having. It is a simple book with simple messages. A simple book full of ways to live your life to the fullest and living it very fully in a moment, thinking it is your last day in your temporary home made by Him. Treat others with respect, kindness, love and dignity and always seek joy. It is a guide to a way that you can live your life where you will be able to look back at the end and feel peace and contentment. This book is a heart warming one that everyone should read for it teaches us lessons in the end.
