Tuesdays with Morrie
Recently I read this book, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. It was once referred by Kamal Hassan in AV. The book is about the author revisiting his old professor, Morrie, who is dying by ALS (the one that Stephen Hawking has).
They meet on Tuesdays and talk on different topics in his final days. Morrie’s point of view is idolized in the book and his fight against self pity. I liked this part from the book, where a story is quoted.
“The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.
“My god, this is terrible’, the wave says. Look what’s going to happen to me!’
Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave looking grim, and says to him, ‘Why do you look so sad?’
The first wave says, ‘You don’t understand! We’re all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn’t it terrible?’
The second wave says, ‘No, you don’t understand. You’re not a wave; you’re part of the ocean’.”
Reading this story, I remembered George Constanza’s words, which I read from Keerthi the other day. He questions whether after all life’s struggles, is death a bonus? Considering we cannot change any thing about life cycle, the above story could be a fitting reply.
I remember reading once Osho saying (in my own words) “When death nears, generally every one is changed. Man knows that he is going to die, but he tries to forget it by acting as if he is going to live forever. Other wise he cannot enjoy his life. By the time he gets older, he tends to think more of death and seeks refuge in god. That’s why all the temples, mosques, and church are filled more with old people”. That also explains why some atheists become complete devoted saints in their later part of their life.
The book cover quotes “an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson”. Ok to read once.
P.S: A first chapter of Mitch Albom’s other book “The five people you meet in heaven” was given at the end of the book. I found it was better handled and interesting. Hope to read it!
They meet on Tuesdays and talk on different topics in his final days. Morrie’s point of view is idolized in the book and his fight against self pity. I liked this part from the book, where a story is quoted.
“The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.
“My god, this is terrible’, the wave says. Look what’s going to happen to me!’
Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave looking grim, and says to him, ‘Why do you look so sad?’
The first wave says, ‘You don’t understand! We’re all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn’t it terrible?’
The second wave says, ‘No, you don’t understand. You’re not a wave; you’re part of the ocean’.”
Reading this story, I remembered George Constanza’s words, which I read from Keerthi the other day. He questions whether after all life’s struggles, is death a bonus? Considering we cannot change any thing about life cycle, the above story could be a fitting reply.
I remember reading once Osho saying (in my own words) “When death nears, generally every one is changed. Man knows that he is going to die, but he tries to forget it by acting as if he is going to live forever. Other wise he cannot enjoy his life. By the time he gets older, he tends to think more of death and seeks refuge in god. That’s why all the temples, mosques, and church are filled more with old people”. That also explains why some atheists become complete devoted saints in their later part of their life.
The book cover quotes “an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson”. Ok to read once.
P.S: A first chapter of Mitch Albom’s other book “The five people you meet in heaven” was given at the end of the book. I found it was better handled and interesting. Hope to read it!
posted by Ramo at 7:51 AM
2 Comments:
'Morrie' was made into a film with the great Jack Lemmon as Morrie and Hank Arazia as Mitch...
Hi there,
Nice review, like your page.
Yet to read the book, it is in my forever growing 'to read' list. :)
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