Tuesdays with Morrie Blog 4/29/15

Based on the 6 Tuesdays you have read about in Tuesdays with Morrie, choose which topic (The World, Feeling Sorry For Yourself, Regrets, Death, Family, or Emotions) that has had the most impact on you or inspired you. On your blog discuss the importance of this topic with your own opinions, including textual evidence (direct quotes) from the book.

     I think the third tuesday, regrets, has impacted/interested me the most. In this chapter Mitch starts thinking about possible regrets he would have if he started dying. Like any secrets he wanted to tell or apologies. He asked Morrie and he said, "It's what everyone worries about isn't it? What if today were my last day on Earth?" This gets Mitch thinking about his own life, him at his desk writing an article and then getting ill. Seeing his editor snatch up the story as the medics take him away.

     Morrie sees the ambivalence on Mitch's face and goes on to say, "the culture doesn't encourage you to think of such things until you're about to die." Then went on about how no one really thinks about their life or their things because of little challenges they're faced with everyday. No one steps back and evaluates their life naturally, they need someone to guide them into thinking/doing that.

     I chose regrets because of it's main message. Which was that everyone has some regrets and most of the time people don't think about them/their life because of the culture. Everyone always has a challenge or something to do. No one can naturally "take a step back" and see if they like their current position. If it's all they want or not.