Tuesday's With Morrie Essay
Kailey Hornsby
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Question #3 In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches his student, Mitch, the meaning of life. He teaches him this based upon his own experiences. In the reading, Mitch recalls Morrie telling him, “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. … This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning” (Morrie 43). Overall, in my opinion, the big idea that Morrie is trying to teach Mitch is that the meaning of life is simply to be happy. And to do this one must live a life with love, family, and forgiveness, not worry about the material things, and never fear death.
To start off, in the book, Morrie tells Mitch that the most important thing in life is learning how to give out love and also learning how to let it come in (Morrie 52). He wants Mitch to understand that even if we do not believe that we deserve love, “Love is the only rational act” (Morrie 52). I think Morrie has a great point and that he explains it beautifully. If you think about it, a life without love would be a very unhappy and lonely life.
Next Morrie talks about the importance of family. Morrie says “The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family (Morrie 91). He tells Mitch that through his illness he has been able to see more clearly the importance of family and assures him that without support, love, and concern from family you honestly do not have much of anything at all (Morrie 91). I agree with this one hundred percent. All of my life, I have been taught that family always comes first, and along with that I have always been very close with my family.
Morrie also talks about living a life of forgiveness. He says that we need to not only forgive other people, but also forgive ourselves (Morrie 166). He
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Question #3 In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie teaches his student, Mitch, the meaning of life. He teaches him this based upon his own experiences. In the reading, Mitch recalls Morrie telling him, “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. … This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning” (Morrie 43). Overall, in my opinion, the big idea that Morrie is trying to teach Mitch is that the meaning of life is simply to be happy. And to do this one must live a life with love, family, and forgiveness, not worry about the material things, and never fear death.
To start off, in the book, Morrie tells Mitch that the most important thing in life is learning how to give out love and also learning how to let it come in (Morrie 52). He wants Mitch to understand that even if we do not believe that we deserve love, “Love is the only rational act” (Morrie 52). I think Morrie has a great point and that he explains it beautifully. If you think about it, a life without love would be a very unhappy and lonely life.
Next Morrie talks about the importance of family. Morrie says “The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family (Morrie 91). He tells Mitch that through his illness he has been able to see more clearly the importance of family and assures him that without support, love, and concern from family you honestly do not have much of anything at all (Morrie 91). I agree with this one hundred percent. All of my life, I have been taught that family always comes first, and along with that I have always been very close with my family.
Morrie also talks about living a life of forgiveness. He says that we need to not only forgive other people, but also forgive ourselves (Morrie 166). He