Dying: A Response To Morrie's Life

To begin with, the first important aphorism that Morrie is “Once you learn how to die you learn how to live”. He was saying if they knew they’re going to die they would think and live differently. In fact, Morrie said “everyone knows they’re going to die ‘’ he said again but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently’’(125).

When you are unable to function without aid of someone you feel lifeless. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, Morrie a retired psychology professor from Brandis University is dying from ALS. A student Mitch is back for his final lesson from his old teacher. This lessons topic is the meaning of life. When faced with his known fate Morrie refused to stay in bed and was very active. He said “When you’re in bed you’re dead.”(Albom 131). I had a life experience where I was very sick and I realized his meaning of lifelessness and your dependency on others.

At this part of the book Morrie is very sick, and close with the object of dying. He asks Mitch why the whole world is so afraid of dying, and tells him, “Once you learn how to die you learn how to live.” He says that the world is just walking around as if we are sleepwalking, and the only way someone could look at the world differently is realizing that they will die one day. The meaning is pretty obvious in what he says. “Once you learn that you are going to die, you will start to live life to the fullest.” Someone does not have to be in a situation where they might die soon in order to be able to live their life happily. I do not agree with this advice, and it does not connect to my life. This statement or aphorism is not something I agree with because someone can know how to live their life to the fullest if they are not dying. I know many people who are not close to death but are living life to the fullest and know that they live and love life sufficiently. I do not take my life for granted, and I am not very close with death. I do know that I will die someday, but that is not one of my main reasons that I feel that way about

Not only have I learned a lesson from Tuesdays with Morrie, but also Professor Trenary has learned that Morrie’s life did not stop, neither did the world begin to stop. This meant that one must appreciate the true value of life, by facing stress head on, appreciate the greater moments, do not waste the breaths when young. The appreciation for the moments one has, not to sweat the small things, cannot enjoy these minutes because you are eventually faced with mortality, because everyone is going to die in the end. In fact, life is merely

Passage #1: "We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted" (84). One of the greatest lessons that death has to offer is how to be appreciative of yourself but more importantly, the people and things around you. Morrie has done a great job of demonstrating this through the quote "[you] can go out there, outside any time. You can run up and down the block and go crazy. I can't do that ... But you know what? I appreciate that window more than you do" (84). Through this quote, Morrie shows how his limits do not hinder him

This statement means as a person dies, he or she learns how to value life and therefore live a much more meaningful one. As Morrie dies, he learns a lot about how to detach from emotions. He also imparts knowledge to Mitch about learning

While the newspaper is still on strike and with Mitch still out of work, Morrie informs Mitch that he is sure that everybody are aware that they will at some point die even if they don’t believe it.  Morrie notes about all the violence that is taking place especially the events of the O.J. Simpson murder trial.  With all this taking place Mitch and Morrie try to focus on more meaningful things at hand.  Mitch realized that Morrie has become more dependent on an oxygen machine to help him breathe.  Mitch wants to help Morrie become more prepare to die. Morrie responds by adopting values from different religions such as Buddhist and Judaism. Morrie informs Mitch how he really never thought about death before becoming diagnosed with ALS.   Morrie

First of Morrie teaches life by speaking of acknowledging the fact that death happens in the world. In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie shows to Mitch that he believes that once he knew he was going to die he learned more about death and in turn Mitch learning about that then Mitch will learn about how to live in life. “Once you learn how to die you learn how to live.” (Albom 82). This quote from Morrie means to me that dying is only a finish line in life. And once that important visual is known than people can forget about the finish line for a while and can stay in the moment and go on living happily. I can connect to this because in life I have learned not to think of death but still acknowledge it because it happens to all of us. I have even grown in this

Throughout the book it can be seen that Morrie is dying. There is so much more that we can appreciate though. Some of those include his life stories, but also his true beliefs on death. Many people question his views, or need more explanation. After seeing his views, we were also able to see the views of our loved ones. Then given the opportunity, we were able to compare the two points of view.

Even though Morrie is sick in bed he is still able to communicate very clearly, so he still believe of the way he shaped his moral values through out his life, and every Tuesday he is teaching Mitch about life and it's meaning through his own belief. While Morrie teaches Mitch about the meaning of life and it's stages he doesn't change his point of view about life just because he is in bed, but he is actually speaking from experience and how each person should have their own values. Morrie speaks of how a person should have his or her own values instead of having to treat people or things the way his or her culture or community tell us how we should. But a person should make his or her own values in order to deal with people and situations

After Morrie’s mother died, his life completely changed, and the concept of death had a very negative meaning to Morrie. However, when Morrie is diagnosed with ALS, the meaning of death drastically changes for him and Morrie is no longer scared of dying. “As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there.” For Morrie, death now meant being around the people he loves and spending time on things that are important in his life. This change in the meaning of death consequently changed the meaning of many other things for Morrie, such as the meaning of materialistic things. In fact, after his diagnosis, materialistic items had no meaning now for Morrie. The meaning of materialism changes over time for Mitch as well. At first, Mitch is always working, and money is a big part of his life. However, throughout their Tuesdays together, Morrie taught Mitch that materialistic things are not nearly as

Morrie describes life as a tension of a rubber band pulling in both directions to Mitch. "Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else..." (Albom 40). What he is saying is life is just a constant battle between what someone must or are expected do and what someone wants to do. These things are often different. However Morrie also says that "Love alway wins" (Albom 40) when Mitch asks who wins. This could means that in the end, though most people will stay in the middle of the two ends for most of their lives, they always end up doing the thing they want to do instead of what they must

Morrie wasn't afraid of aging he thought the older you get the wiser and stronger a person starts to develop. You learn things when you get older, such as being a man as a young boy you're to young to understand a lot of things but as you progress over time and grow bolder you start to understand a lot of things. Quote" Remember what I said about finding a meaningful life". Basically Morrie implying that find out who you're as you get older your knowledge and understandment gets stronger & stronger. Morrie was never afraid of aging because he was a quick learner he grew stronger and fast in learner, he knows all their about having a great life.

My morrie mentor is my sister, Suzanne. She is very dear to me and to others around her. She is a determined athlete and an even more devoted Christian. She explains her favorite quote is the verse, 2 Corinthians 2:14, "But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ." This quote is special to her to multiple ways in her life. She conveys that it reminds you what you involve yourself with, you do it for the glory of God. She is a volleyball coach for Southside-Batesville and gets reminded of this quote often. She refers back to playing volleyball and even now coaching that you give your all, because your goal is to succeed. You give the success to the Lord, because he gave you the strength to obtain that goal. She found it one

Morrie’s life experiences gave him a more positive outlook towards the issue of death, he didn’t see it as a horrible thing instead he say it as an adventure that he’ll gain from it taught him that death was inevitable and that we shouldn’t be scared of it. Morrie was introduced to death at a very young age and that taught him that life was short and that he should enjoy every moment of his life. In his deathbed instead of crying about how unfair life is Morrie just simply accepted it through a method he called “acceptance through detachment”. This method let him accept everything that was happening to him, instead of freaking out and hating everyone and everything for his predicament he accepted what was occurring and he experienced every