Tuesdays with Morrie is a book about a man who has a disease that causes him to loose movement throughout his body as it begins to shut down faster than normal. Morrie teaches his old student, and also the author of the book Mitch, life lessons that he has learned throughout his own life. Those lessons have made me realize important things about my life, things that I usually would realize when it’s too late. By taking some of these lessons to heart then I will have a better chance of living my life with little regret. Each lesson means something different to everyone that reads them, but they still could help anyone in life.
A lesson that I think was really important was when feeling bad about yourself is discussed. Morrie talks about how to properly allow …show more content…
Teenagers should take those lessons to heart because they often envy others without letting it go and allow themselves to have too much self pity.
Another section that had important lessons was when Morrie talks about others. When he talks about others he explains trust, the importance of family, giving your time to others, and about knowing the person you marry. When Morrie talks about trust he says “if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too- even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.” (61). In society today, trusting is a major problem. Not many people trust each other or they say they trust one another, but if they were falling they wouldn’t catch them. Trust is extremely important and in order to be trustworthy, you need to allow yourself to trust others as if you’re falling and they have to catch you. It’s difficult for me to trust others when I don’t know them very well, but if I want them to trust me then I try my best to trust them. Also if I really know the person then it’s easier for me to trust them and I try to make sure they know that I wouldn’t ruin