HMW 23 #2

Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

As I get more deeply connected with Morrie on a personal and spritiual level, I can see that he is broadening my horizons. No longer do I find frivilous material possessions important, I am beginning to see things in a whole new light, and for that I have Morrie to thank.

"SOMETIMES YOU CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE, YOU MUST BELIEVE WHAT YOU FEEL. AND IF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE TRUST YOU, YOU MUST FEEL YOU CAN TRUST THEM TOO" (pg 61)

"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." This one was particularly enlightening to me as I feel this personifies the book, in that until you are given the ultimatimum of life being taken away from you, you do not understand truely how percious it is. Hence 'bucket lists' and people doing extraordinary things when they are given an ultimatimum, as they have a new found purpose in life. I don't think you can really appreciate the joy of life until your inhibitions and worries are forced out of the window.

As shown in the last quote I think the fragility of life has alot to do with how we treat it, as until we are shown just how easily it can slip away, we never appreciate it. Also, one of the rare good things that came out of Morries illness was that we learnt to trust people. As his body cripled under the sheer demand of the disease he was forced to rely on other people to do meanial, yet precious tasks. I think that the ability to trust someone, although at times may be percievced as weareing your heart on your sleeve is a skill that many of us can learn from. As sometimes we are so consumed in everyday pesimisim, we do not put faith in people.