When Mitch Albom came across a recent interview of his favorite teacher of undergrad days, with whom he has not been in contact for many years, he at once decides to visit him. Tuesdays with Morrie is a chronicle by author Mitch Albom about his series of Tuesday visits to his past sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz who is dying of ALS or motor neuron disease. You will find yourself growing gradually and along with Mitch as these visits progress.
Mitch Albom records the life-changing experiences of
Morrie and his takeaways from them. The entire book is a heart wrenching yet
peculiarly beautiful interplay between the student-professor duo where Morrie
recalls his life events, its turbulence, nitty-gritty, and how he found the elixir
of life in simple things. Throughout these visits, which Morrie called
“lessons”, they talked and discussed anything and everything like family,
emotions, relationships, money, regret, forgiveness, and death itself. The
meetings lead up to the final interaction where Morrie is staring lovingly at
death like an old friend and imparting one final lesson to his student. This
final encounter between the two friends and the unsaid goodbye will make the
readers experience the rawest and pure emotions.
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Not only does this book will leave you emotionally
overwhelmed, but it also grants the self-realization regarding the very
existence of self and the meaning that is shaping our lives. It grows on you
intricately yet provides for the fact that life is simple. Tuesdays with Morrie is one of those books that stays
with its readers for life. It is like water and oxygen essential to revive a
dying plant. Morrie Schwartz was a simple man who led his life in the simplest
way possible focusing on things that matter. This simple man possessed the
wisdom essential to live a fulfilling and meaningful life. Throughout your
read, you will feel his words and his presence as if someone is helping you
unfold the solution to a complex mathematical problem.
I would highly recommend Tuesdays with Morrie not solely
for the emotional ride it will take you on, but also for the aftermaths the
content of this book can have on today’s individuals and the life they live.
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