Tuesdays With Morrie's Speech On Accepting Death

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.

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

“Death is as natural as life, It’s part of the deal I made.” (Albom, 164) Tuesdays with Morrie is about an elderly man dying of ALS teaching people how to live. Morrie teaches people to live life through accepting death, showing love to loved ones before they’re gone and that showing emotion is all right and important.

“We can leave the mountain anytime we want but those with ALS are prisoners in their own body”-Alex Williams. People with ALS start losing their ability to move as the disease goes through their body. In the Book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Morrie Schwartz has ALS and he tries to give away all of his wisdom before he dies. Morrie teaches people to live life through showing love to family, not hiding or being scared of aging and accepting that Death is natural.

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).

Morrie often expresses how he isn't afraid of aging. He sees aging as growth and something that is apart of life. Morrie isn't the type to dread or complain about things happening. He lives in the moment. he likes to experiment. There's a better approach to look at death and that's to be prepared. This can help get you more interested or involved in life while living. before Morrie's was sick he never really thought about death. No oen believes there going to die but its reality. Facing death helps you see things better, and differently. He says "learn how to die and you will learn how to live." This shows how he chose to see life and not everyone will agree. Some like to have joy thinking there going to live forever but as you get older there

The first of Morrie’s aphorisms that have affected me is “Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.” This is true, don’t hold on too long. If you hold on too long, you might suffer. Although, don’t let go too soon. You still want to live your life to it’s full ability. This has touched me in many ways. My grandmother was a heavy smoker

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

Dying is a natural phenomenon which affects everyone; however, nobody stops to think about it and its implications. If humans truly reflected on what dying meant, it would affect the way they live. Mitch Album, author of Tuesdays with Morrie, was able to study and learn much about life from Morrie Schwartz, his old college professor, who wanted to impart the knowledge he learned as he died to Mitch so he could learn how to live. Morrie believed, “’Once you learn how to die you learn how to live’” (P. 82 M).

The idea of death appears to be a rather taboo topic depending on the context. At least, for a majority of society. The photo chosen to represent the fear of death happen to exhibit two shadows: one is a hand while the other is a puppet attempting to escape the hand that is death “Everyone knows they're going to die, but no one believes it,” (Album 80) Morrie declares as he preaches how people should be prepared to die as they do not know when their final moment will come. If you're prepared, you will live your life to the fullest. As opposed to living in fear and not accepting the idea. Admittedly, death has that has left myself afraid and clueless. Being introduced to always be prepared to die has opened up my eyes, and others should receive from this lesson. It could possibly increase the overall quality of life, instead of hiding under the phobia. Morrie's lesson on death has definitely struck a cord, and, similar to the aging lesson, I hope I remember this lesson as time passes. Death should not necessarily be something to avoid, it should be accepted and

Every year, roughly 5,600 people are diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is an incurable and fatal nervous system disease that weakens muscles and impacts physical function that can last for a few years slowly weakening its victims until the lungs fail and they suffocate. Morrie Schwartz, a sociology professor at Brandeis University, was one of the 0.0001% of the world population diagnosed with this fatal disease in 1994. Despite the fact that his chapter in the book of life was coming to an end he was not done teaching just yet. Before he goes Morrie tries to teach people to live showing their emotions, to value their families, and to accept the fact of death.

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." As Henry Adams stated, and is the summary of the impervious bond between the characters Mitch and Morrie, in Tuesdays with Morrie. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease is a form of motor neuron diseases. It is a rare disorder in which the nerves that control muscular activity degenerate within the brain and spinal cord. What results is weakness and wasting away of the muscles. The cause is unknown. About one to two cases of ALS are diagnosed annually per 100,000 people in the US. (Lou) Sufferers will notice weakness in the hands and arms accompanied by wasting of the muscles (Motor). The weakness

ALS,a nervous system disease that weakens muscles and impacts physical functions. Morrie was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 77,he knew he was going to die so in his time left he wanted to teach people about life. In the memoir Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches people about our culture,how love goes on,and about accepting death. Firstly Morrie teaches people about how people in our culture are self centered.

Sogyal Rinpoche stated “When you start preparing for death you soon realize that you must look into your life now...and come to face the truth of yourself. Death is like a mirror in which the true meaning of life is reflected.” Death is imminent. Many people today fear death for various reasons. Some people are able to accept it, where others deny its existence. Some people spend their lives working towards the coming of their death, and their life thereafter, where others spend there lives doing everything they possibly can to make the most of their time on earth. In Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, the lead character Morrie Schwartz was diagnosed with the fatal disease Lou Gerrig’s Disease, also know as ALS. Although many people

Everything Morrie has to say about life, love, compassion, etc: was very beneficial to me. I think one reason for this was the fact that I love “quotes”. Morrie had so many breathtaking things to say that made me see life differently, and Mitch made Morrie speak through this book in a way that makes it hard to believe that he is actually