Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #8

Journal #8:

"...there is no such thing as 'too late' in life."  What are the implications of this statement?  What does it drive you to do?  How should you react to a statement like this?

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #7

Journal #7:

"The important questions have to do with love, responsibility, spirituality, awareness."  How accurate is this?  Why?  If not any of these things, what are the most important things?

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #6

Journal #6:

"...the big things-how we think, what we value-those you must choose yourself.  You can't let anyone-or any society- determine those for you."  Is this accurate?  Does this mean that you aren't allowed to be taught by or to agree with someone?  Explain.

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #5

Journal #5:

"...if you've found meaning in your life you don't want to go back.  You want to go forward.  You want to see more.  You can't wait until sixty-five."  Reaction?  Does this coincide with our culture's perception of aging?

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #4

Journal #4:

"Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."  How does this match what you've been taught by family, friends, society, or mentors?  Ist this sentiment right?  Last year there was a phrase that seemed to be everywhere: YOLO (You Only Live Once).  How do these two aphorisms contrast eachother and how can you find personal meaning in them?

Tuesdays with Morrie Audio Version

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Part Two p26-54

 

 

Part Three p55-85

 

Part Four p85-118

 

Part Five p118-141

 

Part Six p142-170

 

 

Part Seven p171-end

 

 

 

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #3

Journal #3:

"...love is the only rational act."  Is this all?  Is something missing?  Can there be other rational acts?  What meaning is the quote trying to convey and what is the love that it speaks of?

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #2

Journal #2:

What is important to you?  Why?  Explain.

Tuesdays with Morrie - Journal #1

Journal # 1:

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves.  And you have to be strong enough to say the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."  The speaker of this quote obviously sees some parts of our culture that need to be modified or completely done away with.  What about you?  Do you agree or disagree with his statement?  Why?  Explain.

Tuesdays with Morrie

How important is it to analyze the world around us, assessing the very nature of the world and our place in it? Morrie Schwartz would have explained that this might be the second best act that one could do. The greatest act would be to give and receive love. Perhaps these are simple sentiments, perhaps they are only exercises in philosophical rhetoric, perhaps they may even be unattainable or lofty goals, but this analysis is the very thing that Tuesdays with Morrie, a memoir of sorts by Mitch Albom, begs the reader to do. In the next week and a half we will be spending some time in class discussing this topic as well as the several other topics that are inextricably joined to it.