Hi guys! I hope everything is going well with you people.
The last two days have been full of adventure (I hope adventure is the right word) for me. For one thing, results of high school graduation examinations were out (you can congratulate me on passing with a decent percentage!) Secondly I finished reading a book which left me in both happy and sad tears (I am not a person to cry easily, otherwise)!
So today’s blog might be a little heartfelt and possibly urge you to read this book, this very instant.
“When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”
‘Tuesdays with Morrie’ by Mitch Albom is a memoir of interactions between a professor of sociology and his student, a renowned sports columnist and radio host. The beginning phrases of the novel begin with a depiction of graduation ceremony wherein a professor bids a tearful goodbye to a student (a rare sight, no?). The book then delves deep in the journey of the student as he grows up to face the harsh world, disconnects with his past and comes to know his coach, his professor is about to die. He comes to know that professor had contracted ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) two years ago and soon the disease will seize his entire body. Riots and strikes on his work front lead him to visit his frail professor every Tuesday and hence begins the journey of the student learning life’s greatest lessons from his teacher on the verge of death…
You begin reading this book expecting it to be a collection of monotonous spiritual teachings, but as you finish the book you realize, it is much more than that. It is about birth, death and the thing called life in between that matters. You cry, you laugh, you think, you reflect, you learn while reading the book and you start living after reading it.
You are bound to fall in love with the characters of the memoir and identify yourself with the protagonist seeking answers, seeking self-discovery, seeking life in its truest form. You tend to salute the old professor’s spirit to live life to the fullest and to find peace and humor in death. Going through the pages, you realize you have become a spectator in Morrie’s study, where his last class is held. You learn about life, about death, experience pain, happiness and loneliness with Mitch, sitting beside him.
What I loved about this book ,was ,that the student-teacher relationship provided both of them something they were looking for, throughout their lives. Morrie became a listener, a healer, a guide, a coach for Mitch and he in turn provided love and warmth to his teacher. This mutual relationship between the teacher and student changes their life forever and waits to change yours.
Another thing worth learning from Morrie is his undying spirit to bow down before the ultimate truth. He maintains his attitude of never pitying his -present condition and grieving about his past till the very end. His wisdom, his humor, his words leave you wishing for an encounter with a teacher like him.
This memoir is a flawless piece of literature and deserves to be read , reread and understood by each and every person on this Earth. I rate this book 100/10 and applaud Morrie for being a teacher who awakened life in death and Mitch for sharing a story, so pure, so serene, so beautiful with the entire world.
Just fourteen meetings of the ‘Tuesday people’, are enough to make you realize how unfair and short life can be and how dignified and strong we can be.
Morrie although you might not be with us today, but you never left us. We remember to love you and you continue to teach your students through your wise words and humorous tales.
I plead you to drop your urgent works and commitments for one day and read this novel to awaken yourself to the journey of self-discovery. You will not be disappointed, I assure.
Let me know in the comments section, were we on the same page, while reading this timeless tale.
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