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tuesdays with Morrie
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This book teaches us to appreciate the little things in life and the things that matter like family, marriage, and love. Money and fame aren't everything and those will end in death, but love will forever remain. The main characters are Mitch Albom and his old professor, Morrie. Mitch currently lives in Detroit, Michigan, but flies out to see Morrie at his house every Tuesday in Waltham, Massachusetts. -
Morrie is Diagnosed With ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
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Morrie is diagnosed with an intreatable muscle disease that will slowly destroy all his muscles from the legs up. Ironically enough, he can still feel the stiffness and pain from the shriveled muscles. Once the disease reaches his diaphragm, he'll die of suffocation. The mood from here-on-out is sad with an underlying happiness. -
The First Tuesday: We Talk About the World
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We, the world, fear death and try to ignore it, we don't cry when people die. We think it's weak, but it's okay to cry over someone's death. We must give love and let love come in. -
The Second Tuesday: We Talk About Feeling Sorry for Yourself
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Self-pity is okay, but think of all the things you're blessed with in life. Often most of us don't realize this until death and regret all we haven't done. -
The Third Tuesday: We Talk About Regrets
CitationMost people get so caught up in day to day egotistical things hardly anyone takes a step back for a moment and thinks, "Is this all I want to do with my life?", until it is too late. We need to this to minimize our regrets about our lives. -
The Fourth Tuesday: We Talk About Death
CitationPeople ignore death because they're afraid of it. They believe that ignorance will somehow make it go away. A much better is to accept that one day you'll die and be prepared to die today. -
The Fifth Tuesday: We Talk About Family
CitationIn good times and bad, you find that family is the only rock on this Earth that still stands. -
The Sixth Tuesday: We Talk About Emotions
CitationDetachment is essential when experiencing any emotions, if you allow the emotions of penetrate you then you can be at peace about the emotions, without fear and anxiety. -
The Seventh Tuesday: We Talk About the Fear of Aging
CitationAging isn't a bad thing. Think about it this way, if you're an old man, you can act like a child when it's appropriate, an ambitious adult when it's appropriate, and an old, wise man when it's appropriate because you've experienced them all! -
The Eighth Tuesday: We Talk About Money
CitationOur culture has trouble distinguishing a NEED versus a WANT. You don't need the biggest house or the latest car, those things won't make you happy. What will make you happy is giving your time to others. -
The Ninth Tuesday: We Talk About How Love Goes On
CitationAre you scared that you'll be forgotten after you die? As long as there are people who love you, you will never be forgotten. -
The Tenth Tuesday: We Talk About Marriage
CitationMarriage is an essential part of love, but most people nowadays dive into it and end up getting divorced or are too timid to start a relationship. You must love your spouse unconditionally. -
The Eleventh Tuesday: We Talk About Our Culture
CitationThe biggest defect in our culture is our shortsightedness. We must learn to love the important things in life and if the culture of society rejects you, then make your own culture. -
The Twelfth Tuesday: We Talk About Forgiveness
CitationsYou have to forgive yourself for all the things you didn't do or couldn't of done. Only then can you forgive others. -
The Thirteenth Tuesday: We Talk About the Perfect Day
CitationMorrie's perfect day is so average, get up eat, have lunch with friends, observe nature, have a nice supper, dance, and have a wonderful sleep. When you're close to death, it's the little freedoms in life that make you happy. -
The Fourteenth Tuesday: We Say Goodbye
CitationMitch, the main character, says goodbye to Morrie for the last time. -
Morrie Passes Away
Morrie passes away on a Saturday.
