Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

Have you ever cried while reading a book? I did. When I was approaching the end of this beautiful book Tuesdays with Morrie. It was not depressing but overwhelming and uplifting.

I love the author Mitch Albom’s writing. This is my third book by him (Check my post on The Five People You Meet in Heaven). He has this invincible power of moving and staying with readers with his simplistic writing, gripping narrative, and wisdom.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a light-hearted, cozy, and heart-warming read which will stay with you forever. It touches upon life’s essential themes of love, death, friendship, forgiveness, letting go, purpose, ageing, marriage, money, physical affection, compassion, and more.

This memoir by Mitch is about a series of visits he made to his former college professor, Morrie Schwartz, when he found out that he had ALS and was going to die soon. Mitch visited Morrie every Tuesday. Hence the book title! Morrie shared priceless life lessons with him. Mitch was lucky to have him as a teacher who considered him as his own son.

Viktor E. Frankl in his memoir Man’s Search for Meaning says, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” In the case of terminal illness, people give up hope and spirit even before the actual death hits them. But Morrie was an exception. His attitude kept him going until the end. It’s beautiful, inspiring, and heartening to hear Morrie’s thoughts.

“In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive right?… But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well.”

Morris Schwartz.

We all worry about our old age. We wish not to depend on anyone in old age. In all the worrying, we neglect the present. We become busy with our responsibilities that we forget to build and value relationships. We need people who genuinely care and are compassionate for us.

Mitch and Morrie on a Tuesday. Courtesy – Mitchalbom.com

The point about self-help books is that even though we know all about it, it’s the author’s attribute to portray the book in such a way that the writing provokes raw emotions in readers.

Some books cannot be reviewed because they carry beautiful life lessons which need to be read, felt and soaked in. Tuesdays with Morrie is one such book. I loved it from the start till the end. I couldn’t put it down.

A beautiful book to be read, cherished, and gifted. The writing stirs emotions, touches your heart straight away, and leaves you fulfilled.

Hope you pick this one.

Happy Reading!

Sonali Chandak