Morrie's Afraid Of Aging

He knows it's that time, and that he can't fight anymore. He doesn't want anyone to see him take his last breath or see him go. He waits for all this family members to go get some food and then takes his last breath. He wants to go alone and make sure he leaves all the good behind for the people he loves and the nation that followed him. He stated earlier in the Memoir “when you're in bed, you're dead” (Albom 183). Morrie hates feeling sorry for himself and having people feel sorry for him. Morrie loves to be mobile and learn and more importantly he loves to dance, but his ALS is catching up too him, he can't move out of bed on this tuesday and his wife told Mitch

Another important thread in the book is the topic of death.  "Everybody knows they're going to die," Morrie said, "but nobody believes it.  If we did, we would do things differently." He later added "Do what the Buddhists do.  Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?'"  He hammers home the point by saying "learn how to die, and you learn how to live." (pg 62-73)

In conclusion, Morrie’s aphorisms as a whole have impacted my life greatly. The first aphorism that did so is “ Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.” The next aphorism is “You’re not a wave, you are part of the ocean.” The final aphorism is “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” All of these aphorisms have affected my life greatly, by showing me that I’m not that important or that relationships continue after death. Now for the answer to the question I asked at the beginning of this paper; Have you ever read a book that changed your life? I have, and the book is called Tuesdays with

To begin the first important aphorism that Morrie teaches Mitch is that Even though someone is dying it's not gonna ruin the relationship it might make them closer. One example that Morrie states is “Death ends a life not a relationship”(174). This is saying that even when Morrie dies Mitch and his bond or relationship still lives on the memories

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

On page 174, Morrie says, “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” Explained: This quote means even though someone has passed away doesn’t mean you lose a relationship with someone. They’re not physically with you but they can look down on you and see all the things you're doing. There is

Both these sensible, elderly men differ in values when it came to life. Morrie believed entire life was to distance rather perish than to reside a career without any pity, as he says, "If you don 't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get

The focus throughout Tuesdays with Morrie was on life. Many might see it as the story of death, but it is actually the story life. Morrie might talk a little on how he meets death, but what he is talking about is living at the end of his life. Mitch writes, “Now here we were . . . . . . Dying man talks to living man, tells him what he should know.”(Albom, 133) When a timer is placed on Morrie’s remaining days, he obtains a dying man’s perspective on what is truly important in life, and how to incorporate in life this importance. I looked for parts of the book that pertain directly to my life; I focused on this concept while reading this book. My thesis remained elusive. There wasn’t a Tuesday that jumped out at me, and then I came to the

Within this novel, Morrie embraced his mortality with “love, acceptance and open communication” as he gave the reader a glimpse into what he considered to be “The Meaning of Life.” Using Mitch Albom as a vessel to pen his “own culture values,” Morrie was able to define the contradictions between others vision of “popular culture values” and his style of truly living through “life, death and reincarnation.” With the use of materials obtained from the course, this writer was able to summarize various observations about Morrie’s “final lecture” on life, death and family amidst his perceptual understanding that reorganized “aging as growth and not

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.

Even though Morrie has this terminal disease, he continually looks on the bright side of things and uses it to teach others. Through all the death that Elie has to go through, he still keeps hope that they will be rescued at their next place. When Morrie hears his disease referenced as horrible, he says otherwise and talks of how he is lucky to have all this time to say goodbye (Albom 57). Morrie shows here how he sees the true humanity through the sorrow and is happy for every moment he is given. He even continues to use it as a teaching topic to show others how they should live their lives. “People’s morale was not so bad: we were beginning to get used to the situation. There were those who even voiced optimism”(Weisel 20). Even through all that Elie and the Jewish people faced, they always maintained their hope. While many were scared, there was always optimism that things would be okay and back to normal eventually. This optimism shows the humanity of the Jewish people and Elie, even though they faced true evil and inhumanity. The happiness of Morrie and the optimism of Elie and his people, show that even in dark times people will maintain their

In the book, Tuesdays with Morrie, there can be many life lessons learned, such as living life to the fullest, the influence of media, death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, and forgiveness. In particular, Morrie’s message was not to be engrossed with death and dying, but to live life

Once, I had a friend who was spreading rumors about other friends including me ,and they didn’t really care about anyone’s feelings but themselves. Somebody suggested that I quit that friendship. I ended up going through with that after I had found out everything that they were doing, and I

Morrie thinks that if you don't age you don't live your life to potential. Aging shows that you have experienced life. People are scared of aging. they don't want to be in pain or have to depend on others to do things for them or get wrinkly. I'm not scared

I myself will admit to having a fear of dying young. I grew up going to church every Sunday being told that after death you go to heaven. This idea made me wonder why we all mourned peoples deaths, when in return we always would say a deceased person is “now in a better place.” Housman in “To An Athlete Dying Young” looks upon death as a positive thing in someone’s life. I personally connected and agreed with Housman, death can be positive, avoiding seeing your own downfall from growing old, or seeing someone achieve more than yourself. Dying young ties to my religion with a saying “the good die young” just like Housman talks expresses in his poem, of seeing ones demise, or being forgotten due to age.