HW 23

Tuesdays with Morrie By Mitch Albom Published by Doubleday in September 1997 



Precis: Its become more and more clear that Morrie's illness is taking over him. Weird thing is it seems the closer Morrie gets to death the more insightful he becomes. In fact he considers himself lucky that he gets a chance slowly fade and "enjoy his death".


"When you learn how to die, you learn how to live" Pg 104
 One thing that comes to mind when I read this was how simple this quote is, yet how hard it is to follow(when you're not dying).If we lived life knowing were dying everyday I highly doubt people would spend as much time on things that didn't really matter. You get to focus on what you should have been focusing on all along.


"Forget what culture says. I have ignored the culture much of my life. I am not going to be ashamed. Whats the big deal? And you know what? The strangest thing......I began to enjoy my dependency." Pg 116
Just when you thought you finally found something that would make the situation hopeless Morrie flips it on you. One would think that being dependent would be totally horrible, especially for men, and yet he enjoys it.  I do have to say though it is weird that culture has made this dependency look bad but as he says it can have a flip side to it, people pay top dollar to be pampered and do nothing ,but why does that look bad when you're old?


"Its only horrible if you see it that way. Its horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But its also wonderful because of all the time I get to say good-bye...Not everyone is that lucky" Pg 57
 I always find it inspirational how Morrie can make any bad situation seem not as terrible as people make it. I think that there is a certain reward in a death that is not quick. One gets time to reflect on life and not only that but although  your dying your not dead, giving one time  to experience the life they have left to the fullest.



 From reading this book it is clear for anyone that death is somthing we need to face, but because its not understandable its scary. Morrie shows that we should be at peace with death rather then more stressed out then we need to be. Rather then letting his inevitable death get the best of him he gets the best out of his death.  That fact that this book is real connects to "actual life" makes it more insightful. Also Morrie is very original in his advise making one think how they can better or add to their views of life, and death.