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Lovevsdeath

“Anoldman,ayoungman,andlife’sgreatestlesson.”Thissentencefromthecover

ofabooknamedTuesdayswithMorriewhichwaswrittenbyMitchAlbom.Thenovelmakesmefeelcurious.ThestoryisaboutanoldprofessorMorriefoundhegotaseriousillnessandwoulddied.HeappointedwithhisstudentMitchtohavelife’slessoneveryTuesdayuntilMorriedie.Morriesaid:

“Nogradesweregiven,buttherewereoralexamseachweek.Youwereexpectedtorespondtoquestions,andyouwereexpectedtoposequestionsofyourown……Nobookswererequired,yetmanytopicswerecovered,includinglove,work,community,family,death……”（Albom,1）Morriesaidinaplacid,genial,andfacetiousvoice.Healwaystalkaboutdeathinapeacemood,whichattitudeshouldbeadmired.

Everyoneshouldlovetheirlife.Morriegaveanimageaboutperfectday.

“Whatifyouhadonedayperfectlyhealthy,Iasked?

Whatwouldyoudo?

‘Twenty-fourhours?

’

Twenty-fourhours.

‘Let’ssee……I’dgetupinthemorning,domyexercises,havealovelybreakfastofsweetrollsandtea,goforaswim,thenhavemyfriendscomeoverforanicelunch.I’dhavethemcomeoneortwoatatimesowecouldtalkabouttheirfamilies,theirissues,talkabouthowmuchwemeantoeachother.

ThenI’dliketogetforawalk,inagardenwithsometrees,watchtheircolors,watchthebirds,takeinthenaturethatIhaven’tseeninsolongnow.

Intheevening,we’dallgotogethertoarestaurantwithsomegreatpasta,maybesomeduck---Iloveduck---andthenwe’ddancetherestofthenight.I’ddancewithallthewonderfuldancepartnersoutthere,untilIwasexhausted.AndthenI’dgohomeandhaveadeep,wonderfulsleep.’

That’sit?

‘That’sit.’”（Albom,175--176）Itisasimpleday,simplelifestyle,butmostofpeopleunwillingtodothat.Everydaywillhavefun,ifsomeonebelieve.Well,havealunchwithfamiliesorfriends,itdoesn’thardtodo.Theydon’tmindthecookingstyle,theycareabouttheloveandthewarming atmosphere.Whenapersonistired,heshouldlookatthesky,walkinafield,andgetthefreshair,hewillfeelrelaxed.Whetherhappyornot,danceforoneselfuntilexhausted,don’tcareaboutwhoselaughing,andthenhaveagreatsleep.Whynot?

Itcanbeaperfectday.

Morriefaceddeathpeacefully.Becauseofdeterioratedcondition,Morrielosthisabilityonprovidedhimself,suchasturnedoverhisbodyonthebedatnight,adjustedthesittingpositionfromtimetotimebyhimself,eatingandsoon.Allofthesethingsneededtodependonhisfamily.WholebodyofMorriewereamyotrophygradually.Atthefinalperiodofhim,helookedathismuscularatrophyanddidnothing.However,Morriesaid:

“It’slikegoingbacktobeingachildagain.Someonetobatheyou,someonetoliftyou,someonetowipeyou.Weallknowhowtobeachild.It’sinsideallofus.Forme,it’sjustrememberinghowtoenjoyit.”（Albom,116）Yes,healwaysspecialandoptimistic,hiswordsreallyamazing.

Loveispowerful.Morriesaid:

“Aslongaswecanloveeachother,andrememberthefellingoflovewehad,wecandiewithouteverreallygoingaway.Alltheloveyoucreatedisstillthere.Allthememoriesarestillthere.Youliveon---intheheartsofeveryoneyouhavetouchedandnurturedwhileyouwerehere.”（Albom,174）AlthoughMorriehadbeendied,thelessonnevercancel.

Inconclusion,therearetwomainreasonsthatMorriehadpositivethinking.Forone,heenjoythelovewhichwasgivenbyhisfamily.Morriesaid:

“Ibegantoenjoymydependency.”（Albom,116）Fortwo,Morriethinkedeverydaywouldbeperfectday.

Hesaid:

“Learnhowtodie,andyoulearnhowtolive.”（Albom,83）Morriealwaystellpeoplelotsofbrilliantideas.“MitchAlbom’sbookisagifttomankind.---Philadelphia”Everyonewhoreadthisbookgaveitahighmark,soitisworthtoread.

Bibliography

Albom,Mitch.TuesdayswithMorrie.

NewYork:

BROADWAYBOOKS,1997.Print.

TuesdayswithMorrie

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Erica

06.12.2016