Tuesdays with Moerrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

Since I was small, philosophical books have never appealed to me, because they are boring. But to my surprise, I change my mind after I read “Tuesdays with Morrie,” the contents of this book drew my attention. I have never known that a philosophical book can be so interesting.

In our lives, there may be a grandparent, or a teacher, who understood us when we were young and searching for something, who helped us see the world in a more profound way, or who advice to help us overcome difficulty. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor for nearly twenty years before.

The writer, Albom, is a successful sports columnist for the Detroit Free Press, but he dream of being a pianist when he was young. After seeing Schwartz on Nightline and learning that the professor got seriously ill, Albom called Morrie, and decided to travel from Michigan to Massachusetts to visit him. A newspaper strike freed Albom to commute weekly, Tuesdays, to visit with Schwartz. The resulting book is based on these fourteen Tuesdays they meet, supplemented with Schwartz's lectures and life experiences and interspersed with flashbacks and allusions to contemporary events. Morrie and Albom's conversations included topics like communication, love, values, openness, and happiness.

Albom changed as Schwartz's stories inspired him. Albom brought food to Schwartz for every visit, which is like an investigation of life and health. Albom’s company is the only gift he is able to provide to Morrie. When they finished those fourteen classes, Morrie passed away, but he knew his last student had finally found what he really wanted to pursue.

Maybe, like Albom, we will lost track of our life goals and go in the wrong direction, thinking that money is the most important thing in the world and is buried in work, but lucky for Albom, he had a second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing Morrie was dying, Mitch visited Morrie every Tuesday, just as they used to be in college, and his life changed. So for us, maybe someone will appear in our life and influence us, then we should be very grateful to that person.

As for death, everyone is scared of death, but just like what Morrie said, we should not be ashamed of it because death is a natural stage in life, any one of us cannot escape. Therefore, we should be happy! Likewise, in our lives, we will face a lot of challenges, instead of escape from them, which can’t solve any problem, we should be active.

While reading the novel, I felt like I was talking to Morrie, and when I learn one lesson I will reflect on myself. Maybe I can’t really understand what he meant but I believe that I will get it one day. The most important of all, this book teaches me to love people and myself and make me believe the power of love. Just like what Morrie said: ”Love wins, love always wins.”

Be active and optimistic! Face the challenge in our life because negative thoughts will only bring worse effects. These are what I learn from this book.