Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

After someone reads “Tuesdays With Morrie,” they will be forever touched. “Tuesdays With Morrie” is the title of Mitch Albom’s book, because after college, Mitch drifted away from his favorite professor, Morrie. It was only until 16 years later, when Mitch heard the words: “Who is Morrie Schwartz?,” on the TV that he decided it was time to go see his old professor. When Mitch was in college, he and Morrie would always talk on Tuesdays, because they were “Tuesday people.” So When Mitch flew to Boston to see Morrie, it only made sense that from then on they would have weekly discussions about life lessons and about life itself on Tuesdays. There was a lot to learn in Mitch Albom’s “Tuesdays With Morrie,” starting with quotes and ideas to talking about life and life lessons. Through the course of the novel, there were many life lessons, but there were three that really caught my attention. Luckily, Morrie was able to share these lessons with Mitch before ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-a disease that progressively weakens the

Morrie told Mitch that “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live” (Albom, 82). “When you realize you are going to die, you see everything differently” (Albom, 83). Sadly, our friend, Arabella, was not able to realize for herself that eventually she will die. She was only 11 years old when her heart stopped at a swim meet in June 2014. It was a very sudden and shocking death. Her family was our family’s best friends and Arabella was my sister’s best friend. Since then, we have been trying to cope with the loss but once you lose a best friend, there’s a part of you that’s missing as well. Unlike Arabella, Morrie was able to learn how to die and realize and accept that death was on its way. Morrie went on to telling Mitch that we don’t really experience the world fully until we accept death, and know that at some point, it’s on its