HW 22 - Illness & Dying Book Part 1

Tuesdays with Morrie By Mitch Albom Published by Doubleday in September 1997

PRECIS: Morrie is an inspirational, loving and unique individual. He offers more then the usual teacher would. In more you find motivation, beauty and love. As he dies slowly he can now offer life.

"Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you giving to your community? Are you at peace with yourself? Are you trying to be as human as you can be?" P. 34
-I think that it is interesting that Morrie would want to know so much about the successes Mitch has achieved. Morrie thinks that these things are considered success, not what job title he obtains or how much he makes. But real things, it's as if he thinks Mitch can survive only on these things.

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work,don't buy it." P.42
-Morrie's ideas and theories make so much sense to me. Like why accept a culture if it doesn't fully make you happy or feel good about yourself? But it's not that easy, like it actually might be harder to reject the culture of America. But maybe your happiness is worth it, maybe the idea of telling anyone who has something to say "Fuck off." is the sweet satisfaction of it all.

"Because it's the ultimate sign of dependency. Someone wiping your bottom. But I'm working on it. I'm trying to enjoy the process. Enjoy it? Yes. After all I get to be a baby one more time." P.49
-You have to accept things that you have no control over. Once you have accepted them then you can learn to live around them. There is no point in making the little amount of time that you have left on earth miserable.

Morrie is having the inspirational accepting death. And I can only hope that when I go, I not only have time but that I can feel as optimistic about it, I would like to be able to reflect on my life, not only on the successes because despite what I think morrie believes those do matter, but on the relationships I've made and the relationships i've lost. I want to be able to tell people about love and how I lived my life so that they can take it and apply it to their own lives and maybe have a happier one.