Tuesdays with Morrie was written by Mitch Albom an American bestselling author

known for his inspirational book. Since the book is a story based on someone’s
personal experience, the genre of the book is memoir. The book is about a Morrie
Schwartz, a sociology professor at Brandeis University. He connects with one of his
former student and during the end of his life, as he battles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS), meets with him every Tuesday to discuss maltitude of life’s topics. I choose this
book because it inspired me a lot after reading it.

I like the book for different reasons. First, while reading the story I was able to
think about different persons who became “Morrie” in my life. Through the different
inspirational lines from the story that touches my heart I was able to remember every
person from my past and even in my present, but the first person I was able to
remember is myself. “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only
remembers to turn on the light.” I am a person who have something to be proud of that
is why I should not let self-pity consume my whole personality, but concentrate on the
good things in my life, because if I will not, I might lose. This is the first inspiration which
Tuesdays with Morrie brings to me. Always look for the bright side of a situation
because you will be the one who will make decissions in handling things, if you are ask
to choose between happiness and sadness, always choose happiness because
everything is something to be glad and to be grateful about.

The second thing is the frienship. Friendship between a teacher and a student?
Well this reminds me of a teacher named B-jhay Soleta who became a father, a best
friend, and a supportive teacher. During my second year in college we are just like
Professor Morrie and Mitch who showed the true friendship, without status, age and
profitability. I was able to define true and profound friendship through the story.
Teachers can be our friends and can be our parents too.

Third thing I noticed that the book gives the reader an idea about death. When
talking about death I was able to remember Lolo Lito, my lovable grandfather. He
seemed to be “Morrie” in the story. like Lolo Lito, Professor Morrie reminds me that we
must not be afraid of death instead we must embrace it. No one knows when to die, but
everyday is a special day that was too precious to waste on crying and regretting. As a
human being we must accept every difficulties that we might experience such as
frustrations. Tuesdays with Morrie reminds me that in order for me to avoid conflict, I
must learn how to communicate and compromise. This reminds me of two of my
classmates in college, Jonathan and Regine, we always talk about humility and proper
approach towards person, to avoid arguments and conflicts. We are humane persons
that must have positive attitude toward others, to live in harmony. Morrie had reminded
me that sometimes I must trust others because what I feel is sometimes better that what
I see. My mother use to say to me that if I want others to trust me, I must trust them too.
Trust, just like friendship can’t be bought because you can feel it and if you feel that you
can trust someone that’s the time you can give that person your trust. Trust to others
and to one self can build a huge building of happiness that creates love and friendship
that in able us to live in harmony.

As a conclusion I want my reader to remember this line “if we all learn to die, we
learn to live” this is a line that Morrie uttered in the story. Another thing is about the
most important thing in our life, to learn how to give out love and to let it come in, just
like what Morrie emphasized, ‘love is the only rational act’. I rated the book 10 out of 10
because my basis is about how it inspires me until now. I will recommend this book to
someone who is in despair and lost their value as a person.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 Albom, M. 1992. Tuesdays with Morrie, https://www.mitchalbom.com.

Retrieved last May 28, 2019
 Hatcher, J. 2002. Tuesdays With Morrie