Gosh, it feels like these blog dates always come as a surprise.
I was really struggling with a topic this week, but I eventually found one.
Tuesdays with Morrie. (This is going to be a book rant.)
So, Tuesdays with Morrie is a really good book that I think everyone should ought to read, and the best part about the book is that it’s a true story.
The book follows our main character Mitch Albom and Morrie. Mitch is a graduated college student who has become obsessed with money, and work.
He has a wife, but the relationships is stale, and I don’t remember him talking about children.
Morrie is an old professor who hasn’t much left in the years of his life. He was diagnosed with ALS meaning his bodily movements would come to halt rather soon.
Mitch was a student of Morrie back in college. They were good friends throughout but eventually lost touch after graduation. Mitch learns of Morrie’s soon to be death and decides to visit him one last time. Which just so happens to be on a Tuesday.
Mitch realizes the value in the knowledge that Morrie holds from living +8O years. So he asks if he can come back next Tuesday. Morrie agrees and every chapter of the book is a different conversation they had.
There are chapters on Marriage, Religion, Work, Money and much more.
I think its one of the most useful books I’ve read. With some really helpful advice as well.
Morrie calls the meeting they have every Tuesday his “Final Project.”
He wants Mitch to write a final thesis (which is actually this book) about the things he learns from him.
Morrie said, when he was diagnosed with ALS, he thought he didn’t have anything left to offer. Until he realized he had his experience. He began to advise dozens of people over the course of his soon to be death. But he made Mitch his Priority.
I think this book has a lot to offer. It definitely put a lot in perspective to me, and it’s a short read as well.
This story has been adapted quite a few times in plays and short films, and every time it was readapted, it was just as good.
I think a lot of times people don’t think about death too often, or at least not the reality of it and how quickly it comes. I think reading this book helped me understand it just a little more.