Tuesdays With Morrie
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Tuesdays With Morrie
Lifes Greatest Lesson
Morrie Schwartz was an intelligent, interesting senior citizen that touched
a lot of people, especially Mitch Albom. Morrie passed on a lot of his knowledge
in the last few months of his life, due to amyotrophic lareral sclerosis (ALS). This
paper will touch on Morries philosophy of life, what he says is important and
valuable, and also the struggles and problems of life. I will also compare
Morries message with other philosophies and also give my opinion about
Morries theory of human nature and philosophy of life.
Morries philosophy of life is full of many ideas and to better understand it
its easier to break it down into parts. One of the philosophies was to cherish
family and to be more open about your emotions so that you will not regret it
when you or a loved one dies. Another one of Morries philosophies is to be
open to forgiveness the following quote shows how Morrie regrets not forgiving
one of his closest friends. Over the years, I met Norman a few times and he
always tried to reconcile, but I didnt accept it. I wasnt satisfied with his
explanation. I was prideful. Mitch...a few years ago...he died of cancer. I never
got to forgive him (Albom p. 166). That quote showed how Morrie deeply
regrets not forgiving his friend, for something he should have, and how not
forgiving him will bother him for the rest of his life.
Another part of Morries philosophy has to do with culture. The following
quote shows how strongly he felt about the way American people should live.
You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.....The little things I
can obey. But the big things- how we think, what we value- those you must
choose yourself. You cant let anyone or any society determine those for you
(Albom p.154-155). This quote shows that Morrie does not agree with the way
many American people live their life. Many let the culture tell them how to live
their life but his philosophy is that you must be your own person and dont let
anyone else tell you how to live.
Morrie put a lot of emphasis on what is important and valuable in his
philosophy of life. One value that he felt very strongly about was that people
look at material things to judge others instead of looking on the inside and getting
to know them. One quote that supports this statement says how we should not
depend on material things to find happiness and love. They were embracing
material things and expecting a sort of hug back....
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