Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Lifes Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (1997, Hardcover)

Mitch Albom writes with an ability to bring to you into the story. I just wish he had started the story as easily as it progressed. It took several pages to find his rhythm, but once Albom did it was simple and easy. Morrie became as much my teacher as he was Albom's. I was as sad about the way his life was ending from disease as I was joyful at the wisdom being shared. This book will make you look at life differently and you will find yourself asking some of the big questions most of us don't want to ask ourselves, such as, *Why am I here?* and *Did I make a difference?* In the end Albom and Morrie let us into a very private time between two men, one dying, one with much life left to live. Sometimes you will feel almost like an intruder and sometimes you will feel like a member of the scene. No matter what, you will empathize with Albom and learn from Morrie. You won't want to leave the book unfinished.

THROUGH OUT OUR LIFE SPAN WE HAVE ALL MET AND CONNECTED WITH A SPECIAL INDIVDUAL OR INDIVDUALS THAT HAVE MENTORS, FRIENDS, PEOPLE WE DEEPLY RESPECT. WHETHER IT BE A TEACHER, INSTRUCTOR, COLLEAGUE SOMEHOW WE DEVELOP A LIFE BONDING CONNECTION WITH THESE INDIVDUALS. IN REGARDS TO LIFE CHANGING DECISIONS WE OFTEN SEEK THESE SPECIAL INDIVDUALS FOR ADVICE AND SUPPORT. OUR CONNECTIVITY OFTEN SURROUNDS THE EVENTS IN OUR LIVES AND RARELY EXTEND PAST A HOLIDAY GREETING CARD WHEN ALL IS GOING WELL. WE LIVE IN A FAST PACED PACED WORLD AND THESE INDIVDUALS LIKE"MORRIE" BRING US BACK TO WHO WE WERE, WHO WE HAVE BECOME, AND WHO DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE. THIS IS AN AWESOME RENDETION OF OUR VERY OWN INNER SELF. LIFE IS SHORT TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE. WE OFTEN IN OUR ADULT LIVES HAVE REGRETS FOR NOT MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS. THIS BOOK REFLECTS THE EPITOMY OF ALL READERS! WELL WRITTEN! BRINGS THE SIMPLICITY OF TRUE HAPPINESS AND VALUE SPECIAL INDIVDUALS HAVE HAD IN OUR LIVES ALLOWING A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK JUST A LITTLE! HAPPINESS IS NOT A MONETARY THING IT IS SIMPLY THE MEASUREMENT OF AN IDIVIDUALS PERSONAL SUCCESS ! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO HAS A SPECIAL INDIVDUAL IN THEIR LIVES!

This was an assigned book for a college class that I was taking. I ended up not finishing this class but was curious about the book. I looked for it the one bookstore and decided to try ebay instead. I bought a hard cover copy for one fourth of the price at the book store. I am so glad that I decided to look into this book, it is easy to read but the message it contains is eye opening in many ways. I think that individuals from young adults to elderly ones can benefit from this book, the messages it gives apply to everyone. The book is about the true story of a dying college professor and a man who once was his student. After many years of not seeing each other, the man learns about his dying ex-college professor and decides to visit him. After the first visit others follow, always on Tuesdays. During each visit they talk about important things in life, like family, money, feelings or emotions, death and other things. One phrase that encloses a lot of the meaning of the book is told by the professor when he says, "You need to learn how to die, to learn how to live"
I recommend this book to everyone who likes positive reading and who likes to learn ways of having a better and more satisfied life.

This is a must read. This is a story of one man's life as he tells his story on his feelings of love, friendship and dying. This book is spoken in his own words through his friend Mitch Alborn, Morrie last year of life with the horror of living ALS. Each day brought with new chalange.Morrie looked at each passing day was his last. He faced day with courage and love for those around him. It all started with Morrie teaching his class not at a school but in his home in his den, Mitch was one of the lucky ones that got the opportunity to take his class. Mitch became friends with the professor. In his last year Mitch was with the professor every Tuesday. Hence (Tuesday with Morrie) you will laugh and cry and your heart will go out to Morrie. You will feel as if you were there in the Professor’s office taking his last class. He will explain the progress of the battle with ALS right up to the end. You will hang on every word written by Mitch only to have your heart saddened each weak as he sees his friend Morrie go downhill until the very end Morrie fought and cried wondering why him. But everyone who knew Morrie felt a true loss when Morrie passed. Once you read this you will want to give or buy the book to give to someone else to read.
Again a must read you will be glad you did.
Richard

I've heard several reviews of the book and wasn't compelled to read it until I learned how the book/story came to be. The author's candid details of what is considered by most to be one of life's 'peripheral' relationships, comes full-circle and gives the reader a strong 'curtain-call' message, long before intermission. It touches on every emotion at some point and will have you making comparisons to your own life, by the end of the first 'Tuesday'. We tend not to notice certain important things in life which don't yet 'apply' to us but in the end, this story applies to everyone and to read it earlier rather than later, is a gift. Death is certain for all of us and as a frightening thought for most, we simply do our best to pretend it's not out there. In my opinion, this book is an answer to the "What if...". If you don't feel anything by the end of the second 'Tuesday', you may be numb. I strongly recommend you re-read, and finish the book. It's a bit like a cold splash of reality, which oddly, leaves you feeling covered in a warm blanket.