Tuesdays with Morrie

Ericson G. Llanes  

BSIT 3

HUMA 01  / B4

Reflection: “Tuesdays with Morrie”

Tuesdays with Morrie is a story of the love between a man and his college professor which captures the compassion and wisdom of a man, a story in which a friendship that was lost for many years but never forgotten. Morrie the old man teaches his student every Tuesdays lessons about the good in life, the real meaning of happiness and success. Morrie teaches lessons how to live, he talks about love, joy, compassion, warmth, family, relationship, culture, society in such a disarmingly simple manner that you feel as a part of the conversation wondering about Morrie’s depth of understanding of life. In his words, he is fortunate enough to know he is dying, to take stock of his life as it comes to an end. I remember the line when he said “When we learn how to die, we learn how to live”, which means it tells us acceptance, that if we accept the inevitability of our death, then we can live our life free of trivial worldly concerns. It is very inspiring to know that an old man who suffer from a deadly disease is the one who taught great lessons of life, even though he has a short time to live, he continue to live as a coach and a teacher, he don’t care about the short time he will spending out, he live his life freely and love the people around him. Another lesson from Morrie when he says that “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and how to let it come in. ”, Which means that being able to give out love and receive love, when one imagines a peaceful world without war, you generally are thinking about people loving and respecting one another. I learn that even small things we should treasure it, life is not about pain and sadness, it is about how we nurture our life to live better and free. And in life we should be positive, treasure every single moment and the people around you. Also we have to accept what is lacking of ourselves, because we are here to live and accept the fact that not everyone is so lucky.