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TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

Tuesdays with Morrie , Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom is a story of the love between a man and his
college professor, Morrie Schwartz. This true story captures the compassion and wisdom of
a man who only knew good in his heart. A man who lived his life to the fullest up until
the very last breath of his happily fulfilled life. It is a story of a special bond of
friendship that was lost for many years, but never forgotten and simply picked up again
at a crucial time of both Morrie's and Mitch's lives.
When Morrie learned that he had only a few months to live with the deadly disease of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, Morrie began the
last class of his life with Mitch - life's greatest lesson.
Throughout the last fourteen weeks of Morrie's life, Mitch met with him every Tuesday to
learn and understand all of the wisdom and lessons of life that were within Morrie. The
weekly routine consisted of lunch and lecture. These meetings included discussions on
everything from the world when you enter it to the world when you say goodbye.
From the relationship that these men had with each, a love is revealed like no other love
resembles. This is a love of friendship and of respect. Such a bond between people is
difficult to achieve. Their relationship consists of an "unembarrassed love" that is
constantly present.
Morrie Schwartz was a man of great wisdom who loved and enjoyed to see and experience a
simplicity of life, something beyond life's most challenging and unanswered mysteries.
From Morrie, we learn that life is most happily experienced when enjoyed and fulfilled to
its highest ability. Morrie shares this with Mitch in the last days of his life and these
great lessons will be carried and practiced throughout Mitch's life.
--------------------------------What I learned that was new for
me---------------------------------
After reading Tuesdays with Morrie I felt a sense of discovery. Morrie Schwartz was a man
that touched the lives of many. He will always be remembered for his sincerity and his
compassion for life and for love. The lessons that Morrie loved to teach were of his own
experience with life. These great lessons were full of wisdom and love and they came deep
from within Morrie. 
I enjoyed reading this book by Mitch Albom and I am also envious of his experience with
this incredible man. This book was on the Bestseller's List over the summer and it will
continue to be read by many others who share the inspiration that I absorbed as a result
of reading this book.
I learned many lessons of life while reading this book. There were lessons of love, of
family, of relationships, of education and many more topics and issues that were very
touching to the heart. By reading this book I learned that wisdom comes with experience
and it only inspired me to anticipate the lessons of life that I know I will come to
learn as I live my own life.
--------------------------------How the book affected me
personally------------------------------
Tuesdays with Morrie affected me personally in many different ways. The simplest words
that were uttered by Morrie could affect a person in more ways than one could explain.
The "unembarrassed love" that Morrie shared with Mitch to me was incredible. The way that
Morrie expressed his feelings and his love for people is amazing and is most often very
rare.
I think that the one major part of the book that affected me personally was the way that
Mitch went to see Morrie after about seven years of being apart. After finishing high
school, Mitch continued his life without seeing Morrie, but not without thinking of him
on very many occasions. When Mitch saw Morrie on television explaining on a news program
about his life threatening disease, Mitch went to see him shortly afterward. This is not
often that people that once had a strong relationship with each other will reunite after
such an extended period of time, and when it does it is a wonderful reunion.
This reunion of Mitch and Morrie reminded me of a friendship that I once had with
someone. After being friends for a good length of time we parted and we have not yet met
again. The way that this part of the book affected me was the in the opposite manner that
the book described. By reading about their meeting after seven years without contact I
was reminded of this friendship that I once had and it made me desire to reunite with
this friend. Although I have not yet reunited with this friend of mine, this story
inspired me to try to make it happen. Hopefully in the near future I will once again
bring back this lost friendship of mine.