The autobiography written by Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie, regards his experiences with Morrie Schwartz, a former favorite psychology professor of his who was diagnosed with ALS. When Morrie received the news that he only had a few months, he began the last class of his life with Mitch - life’s greatest lesson. The two met every Tuesday and discussed the many aspects of life, including love, death, happiness, etc. Morrie taught many different lessons to Mitch, yet one he didn’t orally teach Mitch is to stay positive no matter what, to appreciate life for what it has given us. Somehow managing to always stay optimistic throughout all his lectures, no matter the topic, even death. Gaining a whole new perspective on life when he saw it through the eyes of a dying person, Morrie realized that several things we thought mattered don’t, a life where love matters, where people need to appreciate life rather than take everything it offers for granted. Countless people, including…show more content… Morrie refused to give into any kind of self-pity and used the last days of his life to focus on and converse about death and living. His approach was not only honorable, but full of acceptance. This outlook gives him the opportunity to reflect on all his life has meant and the gifts he'd received and turn it around to the world. “Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great value, right? He could be research. A human textbook” (Albom 4). He realizes his purpose was to educate and he does so even after death, we still learn from his lesson with Mitch about life and death. Morrie would be a great teacher, he doesn’t teach the usual curriculum in school, rather he teaches people the important things in life, for example, people need to love their friends and family with all of their
