Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie Suppose somebody claimed: “Morrie talked a lot about sickness. In fact, death was obviously on his mind. However, he was always concerned about what happened after death. He was not concerned about how the reality of death affected a person still living.” I disagree with the statement because I know that Morrie is really very concerned about how the reality of death affected people still living. It is easy to tell that he deeply cares about other people by the way that he talks to them and shares his life experiences to help them really embrace their life and everything that comes along with it. “As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.” By this he means that knowing that there is an end to life, living each and every moment to the fullest and make the best of every situation. As Morrie realized more and more that he was going to die, he used this time to think back on his life. Through the good and bad and happy and sad, he thought back at everything that he had been through in his life. Even with regrets and even mourning and sorrow, he realized so much towards the end. As he describes the “meaning of life” and the different days to talk with Mitch about the reflection of life and all that was faced or will be faced in Mitch’s life. He tries to prepare him for what is to come in his life like marriage, family, love, purpose and fear. Teaching him that the fear is keeping him from all of these things teaches Mitch to let go a little bit and learn and listen to Morrie’s lessons each and every week. He teaches that what really matters is what happens in between life and death. “The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.” He says that age is just something that makes you wiser and help you realize how you were when you were younger and everything that you go through becomes a part of you. Everything that happens to you from the time that you are born to the time you die, every step of the way makes you, you. Morrie touched the lives of all the people that he was close to, and especially helped Mitch through the time that he started to go visit him, through all the weeks that he spent tuesdays with him. He realized how much he needs to value his life and let the fear go away and just live the rest of his years the way that Morrie talked to him about. He learned more from Morrie in those short few weeks, and it changed his life for the better and made him realize so much more. It is possible to learn just as much from the people that hurt you, than the people that love you.