Tribute to Prof. Morrie - After reading "Tuesday with Morrie"
I have captured some paragraphs from "Tuesday with Morrie" to share:-
"Someitmes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too -- even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."
"Forget what the culture says. I have ignored the culture much of my life. I am not going to be ashamed. What's the big deal?"
"No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human being have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you 're surrounded by people who say 'I want mine now', you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it."
"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 ofhim, crashing against the shore. 'My God, this is terrible," the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me!' Then comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?' The first wave says, 'You don't understand! Wwe'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.'"
"None of us can undo what we've done, or relive a life already recorded. But there is no such thing as 'too late' in life."
I was touched by this book. I kept thinking about the meaning of life ever since my father's death. I can still picture the last two days with him, holding his hand and getting close to his cheek, telling him a lot of things. Somehow I can feel that he did listen to me, even though he was in coma, and like Morrie, he left me in a peaceful way, while I was asleep...I guess that's the best way for every parents when saying goodbye to their children. My dad, did a very nice job!!
The view of life and death of Morrie actually gave me answers to certain extent. If you are going to die anyway, why don't you actually face it? And if you can face your own death, why can't you face your life? Perhaps the most important thing is to "live a good life". Year by year I noticed that you can make yourself happy by actually making people surrounding you happy, especially to those who you really care of. I guess that's my way to live a good life and I'll try my best to do so.
To Morrie, thanks for your "thesis". To the author, Mitch, thanks for sharing your "homework".
posted by KC @ 9:51 AM
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