Have you really had a teacher ? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that with wisdom could be polished to a proud shine ? If you are lucky enough to find your way back to teachers, you will always find your way back.Sometimes it is only in your head.Sometimes it is right alongside their bedside.
Morrie Schwartz has ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), an unforgiving illness of the neurological system which has no cure.The same disease that has reduced Stephen Hawking into a man frozen in his own flesh.Morrie does not have much time left and when his old student Mitch comes to know about it he goes to visit him.
The last class of his old professor's life took place once a week on Tuesdays, in his home, by a window in his study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink flowers.The subject was meaning of life.He speaks about detachment beautifully-
"Take any emotion - love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I'm going through- fear and pain from a deadly illness.If you hold back on the emotions- if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them- you can never get to being detached, you're busy being afraid.You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. "
About forgiveness he says - "Forgive yourself first before you die.Then forgive others. "
About Death he says - "Death ends a life, not a relationship."
The final class is the most touching class as Mitch hugs Morrie goodbye and you finally realise what it feels like to lose a loved one.
This is a beautiful book with simple explanations drawn from real life experiences.
My Rating : 4/5
Morrie Schwartz has ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), an unforgiving illness of the neurological system which has no cure.The same disease that has reduced Stephen Hawking into a man frozen in his own flesh.Morrie does not have much time left and when his old student Mitch comes to know about it he goes to visit him.
The last class of his old professor's life took place once a week on Tuesdays, in his home, by a window in his study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink flowers.The subject was meaning of life.He speaks about detachment beautifully-
"Take any emotion - love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I'm going through- fear and pain from a deadly illness.If you hold back on the emotions- if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them- you can never get to being detached, you're busy being afraid.You're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. "
About forgiveness he says - "Forgive yourself first before you die.Then forgive others. "
About Death he says - "Death ends a life, not a relationship."
The final class is the most touching class as Mitch hugs Morrie goodbye and you finally realise what it feels like to lose a loved one.
This is a beautiful book with simple explanations drawn from real life experiences.
My Rating : 4/5
