VALUES IN THE MOVIE “TUESDAYS WITH

MORRIE”
JEFF FRANZ ROUIE P. CARCEDO

FAMILY

Family is someone who I can rely on, who can understands me, who can accept
me, who can help me in time of need. I learn that family does not limit to my
parents, siblings and relatives. A friend can be my family, anyone can be me
family as long as we are helping each other. I cannot live by myself, we need each
other, and from the day I was born up to this day I always seek somebody to I can
talk to.

FORGIVE AND UNDERSTAND

I do things sometimes that unintentionally hurt others and I ask for forgiveness. It
is easy asking for forgiveness but to forgive is another story. In my case, I always
do forgive, understand and help then not to commit the same error or mistake
again. After I forgive I will ask why it happened and understand their situation and
help them as much as I could. I strive for improvement but before I will achieve it,
there will be errors and mistakes that I will handle, and people to forgive and be
thankful. Because in every fall proves that I am moving forward and every people
that pulls me down proves that I am one step ahead of them, so I will forgive
them, understand them and help them rise.
GIVE AND TAKE

I learn that I can always give something even I have no material things and I can
receive things even I have everything I have. I give not because I want something
in return but I give because it comes from the heart that needs not to be
exchange and will receive things because I respect their kindness given to me. In
my life I always think of “what I can give” rather than the opposite because it is
nice to give thou a little, not only just by monetary means but also you time and
talent. Like the movie is that Mitch give time to his dearest friend although he did
not offer money but he did offer his ears for listening Morrie’s last lesson, heart
for accepting Morrie’s fate, eyes for seeing the reality of Morrie, hands for helping
Morrie’s condition and feet to visit Morrie. Although Mitch cannot extend the
time of Morrie but he use the remaining time to give everything in to visit Morrie
and take every lesson and reality that Morrie gave.

REGRETS

This one have a heavy effect on me. I have done regrets in my past. Things I
should have done but did not, choosing the between two things and end up the
wrong decision yet your gut says the right thing and I did not listen to it. The same
incident happened from time to time and I learn how to overcome it. First is to
expect every possibility of wrong outcome I am dealing with because with this
knowledge I can plan to counteract its effect thus reducing or neutralize the
feeling of regret. Lastly is to give every best I have, when this happens I will blame
no one because giving out the best of every bit of myself.
BE JOYFUL

This feeling of joy is more than the being happy. Because my meaning of happy
that when one person is in state of being satisfied, while joy is that feeling of
happiness and merriness towards others. I cannot just be happy while others are
in state of abyss of their problems in life. I share my time for them so that it may
help a little to lift some of their problems and give some advices so that they may
feel that they are not alone. This situation I will feel joy not only because I help a
friend but I also spread the positivity to my surroundings. And the most important
thing is to be thankful in everything. I will be thankful to God may it be good or
bad thing that will happen to me. Because I know everything happens for a
reason.

BE KIND
Even it is a small thing that can be givem to help then I will give it. In my home
there are elderly, when they ask I will listen, when they struggle I will help. When
someone is in need I will provide, even the smallest thing I can share then I will
give. I will never know when someone is at their hardest so whatever the
situation is I will make myself a person they can rely on in times of need.

TIME

Tuesdays with Morrie tells me more about the time we have. Everything that
exists in this world has its own time. I need to value this for this cannot be bought
by money or any currency. Thus I need to learn to share this time of mine, to have
meaning as it pass by and to use it at its very best. I need not to waste of it
because time cannot be reset.