Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie: The Meaning Of Life

Have you ever had a class where the subject was “The Meaning of Life”? (1) In his book, Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom learned life’s greatest lessons through his old professor’s life and death. The class took place every Tuesday in his professor’s home until his death in which they discussed various topics. The lessons varied from talking about the culture we live in and money, as well as love and death. Mitch’s professor, Morrie, had a relationship that surpassed that of a student and teacher, they were friends that respected each other and therefore, Morrie helped his student by giving him advice for a happier and meaningful life. Even though the book was published in 1997, the advice given is still valuable in today’s culture. People lead such busy lives today, running for one place to another, that they live an unhappy and meaningless life. Morrie mentioned that “the culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves” (35). Furthermore, Morrie states we do not have to “buy” the culture if it is not working for us but in order to not buy it we need to be “strong enough” to reject it and to “create” our own (35). Creating a culture can be hard to do because it involves going against what some people view as a normal journey to success, but if a person wishes to be happy and
The book, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, answers many life questions that have been asked before making it a valuable book to read. Morrie was Mitch’s mentor and friend whom suffered from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) but the many advice that were given by Morrie still apply to today’s generation and most likely, to future ones too. This is true even though it’s almost been a decade since the book was published because we see a lack of love towards people but a love for money. Tuesdays with Morrie explains why we need to change and how we can make the change