What Is Tuesdays With Morrie Aphorism

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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” Henry Adams. The book Tuesdays With Morrie written by Mitch Albom is about a man named Mitch Albom visiting his professor every Tuesday in college, but he is now visit him again on Tuesdays after hearing that Morrie has ALS and not that long to live. Mitch is a workaholic and his life changes after hanging out with Morrie and listening to his aphorisms. Aphorisms are life lessons. Morrie teaches to people through living life without regrets, showing emotions, and offering to others what one has to give. The first lesson that Morrie teaches is living life without regrets. He grew up being energetic and doing the things that he wants in life. However, on the other hand others worry about having a good career and a stable income. This leaves them to regret their choice of occupation once they realize that they are not happy with the alternative career that they chose. For example, “We need need to probe you in that direction. It won’t just happen to you automatically...we all need teachers in our lives” (Albom …show more content…

Things in Morrie’s house has changed however every item has stayed the same. It was the aura that changed into happiness and love. When someone enters the house they get the feeling of affection. “We put values in the wrong things and it leads to very distilled lives” (Albom 124). This important to me because people often worry about having money is good. Happiness can’t be replaced by items but can be replaced with loved ones. Buying things that have a cost doesn’t give one happiness; it just makes them materialistic. Morrie’s lesson connects with my life because when I was younger I didn’t really pay attention to brand names and money, but now I worry about not having brand named clothing in order to look like I fit in highschool. Being different is okay but it isn’t okay to be someone they are

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