TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE 📖

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 BOOK REVIEW

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE

                                                        - MITCH ALBOM 

       "Tuesdays with Morrie” is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about the series of visits he made to his former sociology professor Morrie. This book teaches us common life lessons and leaves it on the reader to interpret it in his own way. It's a book that does leave its impact on you!
As Mitch learns of his most loved and favourite professor from university is dying he sets back to find him, and speak to him, relish in his knowledge and wisdom of this world, of this life. They meet every Tuesday, and talk about death, life, love, family, regrets, emotions, money, culture, forgiveness. All lessons that can't be taught in a textbook but instead spoken from years of experience. Morrie, is so inspiring, here he battles with a terminal disease that is robbing every part of his life, he loses his independence more and more every day. But instead of feeling sorry for himself, he decides to allow him to feel all his emotions so deeply, and let them go. He finds ways to help other people in the little time he has left on this earth. He sees life with a whole new pair of eyes, the nature, people around him, food he tastes, music he listens to all seems so much more pure and blissful, because he knows his time is running out enjoy life's simplest things.
Morrie's views on processing complex emotions, prioritizing a love for humanity and his close relationships, and chasing intellectual curiosity have been so helpful to me in shaping the way I think about my own life. No one likes to think about the fact that we will one day meet the end. We prefer to keep focusing on how we might spend our youth instead. But this makes it easy to fall into the trap and cycle of regret and unimportant details. Morrie, even as he lies dying from a terminal illness, confidently loves his life to the very end in so many aspects. This memoir tugged on all of my heartstrings and I found it to be surprisingly uplifting for a book centered on death. The narrator, Mitch Albom, is self-aware and navigates his words well and it's very evident how deeply he cares for his mentor and friend. Overall, Albom does a great job of highlighting the importance of determining your priorities in life, seeking good mentors, and living your own truth. 
This book, is filled with golden nuggets on how to live a fulfilling life, a life where you can really see and appreciate the world. Where can be humble, generous and thoughtful people. Where we seek love, forgiveness, and kindness, instead of greed, lust and selfishness. What a beautiful, eye opening read! 


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