Tuesday WIth Morrie: topics covered

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WORK

FORGIVENESS

LOVE

DEATH

Pg-When Morrie was a teenage, his father took him to the fur factory where he worked S.L.

p5.." His death sentence came in the summer of 1994. Looking back, Morrie knew something bad was coming." MP

Page 18: He wrote bite sized philosophies about living with death shadow "Accept the past as past without denying it or discarding it" learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others" dont assume that it is too late. S.L

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." pg-52 L.G

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important." pg-91 L.G

page 52: The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in. A wise man said said it right "Love is only rational act. S.L

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. . love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” (p. 133) L.G

“Love is the only rational act.” (p. 52) L.G

Pg.80-"Lets begin with this idea" Morrie said."Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes" S.L

Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live - pg:82
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“What if today were my last day on earth?” (p. 64) L.G

Family

Pg.138 Morrie and his brother, david would look out the window and see him learning against the lamppost

“Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.” (p. 164) L.G

Mitch, it is impossible for the old not to envy the young. But the issue is accept who you areand revel in that. S.L

Pg.18 -Dont assume that its too late to get involved S.L

“Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.” (p. 18) L.G

Pg.138 Morrie always swore he would do these things for his own children if he ever had any S.L

"The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family." (p.91) L.G

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important." (p.91)
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"As you grow old, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, its also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it." pg:118 L.G

Pg.113 Hoew many buisness and law students visit there old professors once they leave. S.L

Pg.153-Morries physical therapist hd come earlier in the day and i usually unexcuesd myself when nurses or specialist had business with him. S.L

Pg.157- It was tense scene as the principals all turned to face the jury, simpson in his blue suit, surrounded by his small army of lawyer.SL

Pg.19 The artical caught the producers which was Night line S.L

Pg.91--Morrie as a child with his grandmother,Morrie with his wife and morrie with his two kids S.L

Lorenzo's impact statement- The views on this book have flipped my perspective on a lot of things. The one major thing that stuck is that everyone will die someday, so we should live a positive life every day

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Madison's impact statement: After reading TWM I will start to appreciate the little things in life.