In Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch and Morrie talk about many interesting topics such as regret, death, love, and forgiveness. There was one lesson that always stuck to me throughout the book, refusing. "When your in bed you're dead" is an example. Morrie refuses to stay in bed because he feels that is a surrender for ALS, eventually he does die in bed. Morrie also refuses to not to forgive people. He believes that he has to forgive others or else he will live a life of lives. He also believes that you should ignore culture and enjoy the little things in life.
In the Twelfth Tuesday Morrie talks about forgiveness. Morrie says that it is crucial to forgive others. Morrie believes that he is very lucky that he has time to forgive others before he dies. Morrie fears that there will be lies before he says goodbye. That is why he is constantly forgiving others. He believes this will help him live life to the fullest before he dies.
Over the course of the book, Morrie taught me many things but the most important thing that he taught me was to accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Morrie accepts that he can't walk and is no longer able to dance like he used to to. But, Morrie also accepts that he can still talk and that he also has many people that come to visit just him. This lesson also teaches me to be grateful for what I have and to not envy what I don't have. I also think that this lesson applies to treating others. You have to accept that some people don't have everything that you have. To accept yourself means to see our perfections as much as our imperfections.
In the 11th Tuesday, the trial with O.J. Simpson ended. Morrie didn't really care because now that he is dying, he cares about the little things rather than the big things in life. In the 1979 basketball game, Morrie says that there is nothing wrong with being second. This shows that Morrie doesn't care about being better than everyone. Morrie proved that it is okay with being second sometimes. This also teaches us that we can't be the best all the time.
On the 10th Tuesday, Mitch brings in his wife Janine. Commitment is an important trait in marriage. MItch believes that our generation struggles with commitment, we rush into marriage without getting to know the other person. Mitch describes it as an alligator from a murky swamp. Morrie has rules for marriage. You have to respect the other person and compromise, you have to treat marriage like it is the most important thing. For marriage to work you need commitment, respect, and dedication. In my opinion for a marriage to last you need two people who refuse to give up on each other.
In the Ninth Tuesday, Morrie talks about how love goes on. My grandmother passed away a year ago but her memory is still here, such as photos and gifts that she gave me. I also still love her even though she is gone. Love for anything can go on such as a person or thing it is a way to make their memory live on. I believe that this is the best way to remember someone. Love can be forgotten or it can go on. I will never stop my love for my grandmother. I believe that if you keep loving someone even after they have left you will have thier prescence and hope, hope that one day you will see them again. We all fall in love with a person or an activity, but it is our choice to continue loving someone, this is how love goes on.
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