Caring In Tuesday's With Morrie

Tuesday’s with Morrie tells the story of two men; one who’s battling the terminal diagnoses of ALS, while the other is struggling to realize his purpose in life. The book starts off at a college graduation where the main character, Mitch, is receiving his diploma. He and his favorite college professor, Morrie, have a heartfelt goodbye during this graduation and Mitch promises to stay in touch. Years pass and Mitch has gone on to completed grad school and get married. After not making much money being a musician, Mitch decides to become a journalist at the Detroit newspaper where he ends up making a lot of money. Going years without seeing his favorite professor Morrie, Mitch is watching television one night and sees him on an episode of Nightline.
Throughout the book many aspects of caring are shown especially once Morrie gets closer to death. Mitch is known to be a guy afraid of commitment he describes marriage, “as if it were an alligator from some murky swamp.” (Pg. 147) Having these concerns about marriage, Mitch committed to staying with Morrie and to be there for him as his death grew closer. This is a major component of caring because showing you are committed to someone lets the person know how much you care for them. Another aspect of caring is being there for a person, not only physically, but mentally and spiritually. Morrie was a great example of
Understanding that there is more to life than material things is a important lesson to take from this book because it allows you to stop and think about what’s really important to you. This is my second time reading this book, the first time being in high school, and I have a different perspective on it then I did in high school. When I read it for the second time it had a different meaning to me because of the recent passing of my grandfather. Reading this book was influential to me, it helped me understand that when someone dies its not just a time to mourn, it’s a time to celebrate the life they lived. I was able to grow and develop more mature feelings about not just death but spirituality as well. Morrie’s views on spirituality got me to start questioning my own feelings of spirituality in ways I never have before. Moving forward in my career as a nurse this book is very beneficial to me, it allowed to me see another peoples views on death. Being able to cope and deal with death is a huge part of the nursing career, it is important as nurses for us to confront our own attitudes about death and dying in order to work effectively and provide efficient care. There is an emotional side to caring for a patient as well as the physical things they require that they can no longer do on their own. This book will impact my nursing practice because it was make me stop and think about