Quotes: An Analysis Of Morrie's 'Morie'

Morrie S. ~ “Accept yourself, your physical condition, and your fate as they are at the present moment.” During this quote, Morrie is clearly weakening and learning about ALS. He is talking to Mitch about his experience but also calming him by telling him that he can accept what is happening. What this quote means to me is more than just talking about you physical ability, but also you mental ability too. Another message that speaks to me in this quote is that you can’t pretend to be something or someone you’re not because you are only lying to yourself. Everyone else can already see the real you from the outside. This speaks to me because I see too many people trying to do dumb things all the time. Things like someone drifting a car at a busy
~ “All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.” Mitch is listening to Morrie explain that the reason people say “I wish I was young again” is because they lived “empty lives” as youths. Morrie says that if you lived your life to the fullest, you won’t want to change what you did in the past. I like this quote because age is something I don’t fear. Getting older means you have more experience if you use your time correctly. Everyone will age so be young while you can. Don’t just sit and do nothing all day or else when you eventually don’t have the energy to move anymore, you will regret your past and become unhappy with aging. I relate to this because I like playing sports and filling my time and I feel sorry when I meet people wasting all their day sleeping and staying home all the time. There is so much they’re
~ “Talk openly about your illness with those who’ll listen. It will help them cope with their own vulnerabilities as well as your own.” This is what Morrie is saying as he is working on the book again. He says this because he wants family and friends to understand the situation, but also to the public because how will anyone know how to adjust to help even in minor ways if they don’t know or understand what’s wrong. This speaks to me deeply because when I hear this quote I think about how much help I have had in my life by telling people about my learning disabilities. If I never told people about these LD’s I wouldn’t get the extra time I need for tests to pass, or get my medication to help me pay attention. It doesn’t even have to be an LD or an illness, it’s really any information that you don’t pass onto people.
Morrie S. ~ “Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.” Morrie is at the last stages of his disease. It’s getting harder to talk and near impossible to move his body. Morrie says this because he is shooting his last nightline show. By this I think Morrie means appreciate what you have but don’t hang on to it to the point where it’s no longer to you benefit. I think this can speak to everyone weather it’s a bad relationship that hung on too long or a person who keeps playing sport with reoccurring fractures in their leg. Some things are good or fun in the beginning but after too long it can be