After hearing many positive reviews of Tuesdays with Morrie from past juniors, I was excited to read it, not exactly sure what it would be about. Honestly, this may be the only book that has ever made me cry so much! It really made me think twice about my place in life. Would I end up dying slowly like Morrie? Would I make an impact on people's lives?
This book also taught me to never take life for granted. Teenagers often complain, there's no doubt about it. We complain about how little sleep we got, and compete to see who has more homework, but many of us are missing the big picture.
Someone, in a third world country may not be able to go to school, even though they want to. Someone, possibly living next door to you, could be dangerously ill, but is too sick to even speak, let alone complain about how awful their day was. There is always someone having a worse day than you.
There were many philosophies and lessons that I learned from reading Tuesdays with Morrie, but I really admired the fact that Morrie was thrown a rare disease, an inevitably slow painful death, and no reason to hope that he'll make it through, but he accepted it. Instead of complaint, (which I feel is something many of us 'over-do') Morrie openly tells Mitch and his guests, and teaches a lesson along with it.
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