Mitch Albom Author's Life

“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.” Euripides

Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. In the book,”Tuesdays with Morrie,” by Mitch Albom, he writes about his professor dying of ALS. After Morrie was diagnosed with ALS he becomes wiser. The three most important aphorisms that Morrie teaches Mitch are, forgive yourself then forgive others, ask the bird on your shoulder us today the day, and love each other or perish.

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).

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

The last aphorism is once you learn how to die ,you will learn how to live.One example i got that ties into the subject was “without love, we are birds with broken wing”(92). This example is explaining that we are hopeless if we don't have long a bird can't fly if his wings are broken ,and that's what birds do the most they can't survive. The last evidence is have is “As i see it they have to do with,love,responsibility, spirituality, and awareness”(175).This is explaining the things Morrie should have realized before he was dying

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.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek to find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

Mitch was intrigued by Morrie during his participation in his college course on “the meaning of life.” After chasing cash instead of his dreams post-college Mitch rekindled his bond with his dying life coach. On the second Tuesday Mitch thought to him self, “How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self pity.”(Pg.57) Feeling sorry for your self, much like most would expect Morrie to do, only deprives one of the ability to appreciate the life around him/her. By appreciating the love he’s receiving and time on earth before death, Morrie can have a positive outlook on life even while facing a tragic death sentence.

love doesn’t exist. This quote also helps to show how the speaker’s grief over his beloved’s

Morrie chose to live everyday as if it was his last, because in reality any day could have been. Morrie stated “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” (82) This statement reveals his outlook about his final days on earth. Morrie decided to become more involved in his life, once he accepted the fact he was going to die. Morrie took a good look at his life and determined what was truly important to him. Morrie chose to not waste his final days fearing the inevitable, he wanted to spend time making the most of it. Morrie also stated “Lear to forgive yourself and to forgive others.” Morrie wanted no regrets. He wanted to correct the wrongdoings of his past. Morrie learned to forgive others, and more importantly himself. He was able to free his conscience allowing him to live more fulfilling final days. Morrie did everything he could to make the most of his last days. He spent his hours teaching his friends and family about life's important lessons. Morrie said “Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?” Morrie spent the last year of his life with people he loved. Even in his weakest moments he wanted to be surrounded with love and affection. Morrie realized his death was inevitable, and did not wallow in self-pity. Unlike King Lear, Morrie truly lived a life of no regret, and did not isolate himself from those who loved and cared for him.

Throughout the novel Morrie puts a special emphasis on the importance of loving relationships with those you care about. He even believes that people must “love each other or parish” (Albom 149). Though to most this assertion may seem incongruous, it really means that, to have a healthy, productive life, one must surround oneself with those that understand and love them that they understand and love in return. This theme is discussed in Meribah Abbott’s poem, “The Best Friend”. The poem describes the relationship between a dog and its crippled master. It exposes the importance of unconditional love in the last line when stating, “Ye taught me trust when man's dull logic failed” ( Abbott 11). This last line is undeniably the most important when attempting to describe the importance of loving relationships. It demonstrates how, by loving others, a person can improve upon themselves. Morrie also believed that love was what gave meaning to life.

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” (Mark Twain). This quote from the famous American writer is the basis for what became one of the hardest ideas to comprehend, death. Death has always been a complex term, causing one to struggle with what the true definition is. It is also hard to wrap your mind around what does it truly mean to die. These are the questions we long for the answer. Whether we acknowledge it or not, death has always been feared by many. Death remains an impossible question, one that has been unexplained since beginning of time. Even though dying is a natural, we as a human race still fear it. What can be done to defeat this never-ending battle? According to Montaigne’s “To Philosophize is to Learn to Die” and Cory Taylor’s “Questions for Me About Dying” we can overcome this by living to the fullest, living with no regrets, living a legacy, and lastly not fearing the inevitable. If you want to conquer the question of life, live in the moment.

It is inevitable that we will all die it is a fact that everyone must come to terms with. There comes a time in everyone’s life that they must face death; a friend’s tragic accident, a family member’s passing or their own battles with diseases. When faced with the idea of death people will act in different ways some may find it therapeutic to apologize for the negative they have done, some may want to spend time with loved ones to ease the future pain, and others may decide that their life was not what they believed. The story Death Constant Beyond Love tells us about a man named Senator Sanchez who is living a happy life with his wife and five kids. That is until he is told by doctors that he only has a short time to live. Death is

Everyone dies in the end and people know it, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently. Morrie has a lot of opinions about death as he is a dying man and I find all of them are so true. We never count our days as almost done and always believe that we are so far from that day. We do what we are supposed to do and walk around with a meaningless life, until that day comes automatically. My primary school teacher once told me to live like there’s no tomorrow. We should treasure our time and what we have and treat our days like we can die anytime with no

I enjoy reading quotes in my spare time and have read a lot of quotes on death. However, this one stands out as a more interesting quote about death. I completely agree with it as well, because as one approaches death, they are forced to face and analyze their life, their choices, their mistakes, etc. It also allows the close friends and family of the deceased to ponder on the meaning of life and death. Death is the shining gate to life and it should not be feared or dreaded.