Tuesday's with Morrie

When we first started reading Tuesdays with Morrie, I thought it would be like any school book teachers assign yearly. But to my surprise, it would never have crossed my mind that this would be one of the best books I'd ever read and that it would change my life. 

This book is filled with a chunk of lessons, however, I'll share with you the most influential advice/ or lessons I've learnt from this book. Morrie has previously stated, “I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don’t allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that’s all.” Even though he is dealing with ALS, which as we all know is a deadly disease. Yet, he still looked at it from a different perspective, which was that it was not the end of the world and that ALS wouldn't stop him. When summer break started, I was and still am facing heavy obstacles since I reached my senior year. At this age, we are forced to make a decision about what we're going to study in the future. Only at the age of seventeen-years-olds! Morrie has taught me that I have to be grateful for the problems that are occurring in my life and that people who are facing harder situations should be grateful for what they have. It would be an even better idea to look at the problem from a different point, a better one if one may say. 

Furthermore, unlike most people, Morrie didn't envy the young, in his opinion, they were facing even bigger problems than he was. Additionally, he had said that he had already lived his 30s and all the other ages, it was his time to be in his seventies. As he explains, "This is your time to be in your thirties. I had my time to be in my thirties, and now is my time to be seventy-eight." Morrie has said this because he has already fulfilled his life and he doesn't want to go back and change anything that has already been done. Instead of regretting his decisions, as I stated previously, he's looking at it from another vision. 

Death is the most important lesson I learnt because I haven't realized that I was one of the people who did know that death was coming at some point, but just hadn't fully understood or realized that one day I'll actually pass away. Throughout the book, Morrie consistently repeats the same quote, "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." Morrie hadn't realized how precious life is, and how it helps him discover what's genuinely important in life. In a way, he explains that he actually started living once he found out how he would die. This has pushed me to perceive life completely differently. I should focus on spending quality time with my loved ones because, as much as work is needed, work won't get you anywhere, at some point in life they'll replace you. However, even after you pass away, your loved ones will never forget you!