Juriss Clarence C Basa

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“Til death do us party”

According to Philip Moeller, “Death is the end of one story and

the beginning of another” What exactly does this mean? Let's take
a deeper look; many people learn in a variety of ways. Most
people learn through school or church, while others learn by
asking questions, but I consider the best learning come from a
good friend. Let me introduce you to the film Tuesdays with
Morrie, which is incredibly inspirational to many people. There
are numerous lessons to be learned by watching this film.
Tuesdays With Morrie is based on the true story of a dying
professor, Morrie Schwartz, and his student, Mitch Albom. Morrie
teaches Mitch life lessons including death, fear, aging, greed,
marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and living a meaningful
life. This is the story of a particular friendship bond that was
lost for many years, but never forgotten, and was simply
rekindled at a critical period in both Morrie's and Mitch's life.
Morrie and Mitch's friendship extended far beyond the boundaries
of teacher and pupil. It became a friendship between two males.
Morrie taught Mitch numerous things about the world, feeling
sorry for oneself, regrets, death, family, emotions, fear of
aging, money, how love continues on, marriage, culture,
forgiveness, and saying good-bye every Tuesday they met. Morrie,
from what I saw, never demanded compassion from Mitch; merely an
open mind and heart. Morrie shared his life philosophy with Mitch
and urged him to do the same. Morrie shared his strengths and his
weaknesses with his student, allowing him to open up to his old
professor in a way that would help him to recharge his existing
life. I can also relate to the situation here. When my
grandmother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, we didn’t
know how we would act or how we would tell her about the
situation. Each day that passes, we try to commemorate the
memories and the time when we were with her. We try our very best
to lighten up the situation, knowing that her days are numbered
and she can leave us at any given moment. The day my grandmother
died was actually the blankest and saddest day of my life. This
is because, as a child, I was very close to my grandma. Since I
was living with her, my grandmother not only became the most
important person in my life but also the best Lola with whom I
shared my happiest and saddest times. I can still recall that
gloomy day; in fact, it was Valentine's Day, and it was 6 days
away from her birthday. It was supposed to be a love-filled day,
but the moment I knew the news broke my heart, Since then,
somehow it has changed how I perceive reality; for some reason, I
only see this endless cycle of life and death, to the point where
I have questioned the universe about whether there is a world
where we can be happy and immortal. After she passed, the
realization hit me very hard: why do we give extensive care when
people are about to pass? Why can’t we give them the time and
care when they were with us? Why is there death? Why do we live
in this cyclical reality? which is what Morrie’s message talks
about, in short, not to become preoccupied with death and dying
but to live the life that you still have left in a meaningful and
rewarding way. He believed that although death would soon take
him, he wanted to teach others and share his ideas so that they
could be passed on to future generations. which is what we should
do as human beings; we should enjoy as it should be and capture
memories by living in the moment, so let me ask you: if given a
chance, If you could send a final message to a deceased loved
one, would you? What would you say?