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¨The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.¨ (Morrie Schwartz). Morrie was a wise man, a teacher, a husband, and most importantly everyone's best friend! Morrie teaches people to live life by accepting the fear of aging, accepting death, and learning how to say goodbye.

Morrie teaches people to live life by accepting the fear of aging. Morrie thinks aging is not something that people should be afraid of. Everyone will age no matter if you take fake drugs to stop it, aging is a process that can’t be stopped. People should not fear age, but live their lives out til the end. “ . . . If you’ve found meaning in your life you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can’t wait until sixty-five.” (Albom 118). Aging is hard to do, as one ages they begin to ache, lose breaths, and lose friends and family due to death. I have had family members and family friends that have died due to aging and it something hard to deal with. It is scary to think that in years passing, I´ll grow old and soon die, so I just have to live my life to the fullest. …show more content…

Morrie slowly began to accept his own death, he thinks that it is better to accept it instead of denying death. Everyone dies, so people should complete their dreams, make new friends, and live their lives to the fullest. “If you accept you are going to die at any time, then you might not be as ambitious as you are.” (Albom 83). Death is a very scary topic to talk about to anyone, but it happens to everyone. One day, everyone will die, so they just have to keep making a mark in the world to make it better. Death is one of the hardest topics for someone to talk about, people lose family members and friends due to death every single

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