Being able to identify an emotion such as fear allows you to step away from it. Mitch was able to understand that if you let it penetrate you fully, that allows a door to open for you to be able to leave it. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully” (Albom 103). “Learn to detach… But detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. Holding back and being afraid of certain emotions keeps one from ever being able to detach. He said it allows one to be able to experience them fully and completely but when it is time, you are able to let go. Morrie stressed that it was crucial to dive into every emotion fully. Even though that, sometimes in life there are more negative emotions than positive ones, it is a very important to experience all of them. Feeling self pity is just one of the many emotions Mitch as well as Morrie experienced throughout the book. This was able to open his eyes and see that if a man dying from such a horrible disease was able to spend only seconds self pitying then he was more than capable too.
Morrie pushed Mitch to think of all the people who spend hours of their day in self pity.
Through Morries choice of the word “lucky”, it caught Mitch by surprise. But it’s also wonderful because of all the time I get to say goodbye… Not everyone is so lucky” (Albom 57). Morrie responded by saying, “It’s horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. Mitch often asked Morrie if he pitied himself while in the process of death. Mitch’s views of life were drastically altered after his many meetings with his mentor Morrie.įeeling sorry for oneself is something everyone does whether healthy or sick. Through the progression of the novel, the words which Morrie spoke began to become more clear to Mitch. The understanding that one only gets one chance at life put many things into perspective for him. Through their talks, Mitch was able to learn that he needed to have faith in carpe diem or else he would miss out on a lot of things in life. Each day they discussed a new topic about life. Morrie was a huge inspiration to Mitch and Mitch took every word Morrie said earnestly.
“Life is a journey with problems to solve, lessons to learn, but most of all, experiences to enjoy.” In the novel, Tuesdays with Morrie, the author Mitch Albom spent every Tuesday with his old professor, Morrie, who was suffering from ALS.
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