“Everyone knows they’re going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.”
All of us have thousands of complaints right? about the traffic, the food, the salary,the work, the politics,... on goes the never ending lists.
A professor counting his last days of life, shows us the true meaning of being alive! to not surrender to the disease is one part of whole book, but the most important part is the lessons he teaches us.
"Take any emotion-love for a woman, or grief for a loved one. If you hold back on the emotions- if you dont allow yourself to go all the way through them- you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid. You’re afraid of the pain, you’re afraid of the grief. You’re afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.
· But by throwing yourself into these emotions , by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely, you know what pain is. You know what love is. You know what grief is. And only then can you say, all right. I have experienced that emotion, I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment."
Many a times in life I've been through stages when the same had happened to me, an emotion is with me only till i go to the full extent with it! and it being not the norm, i have been questioned by many of my queers... all those questions remain answered with professor morrie's statement above.
"No matter where u live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be, we should be looking at our potential stretching ourselves into everything we can become. "
Through simple statements , Mitch albom, brings out the real essence of life.. of living and letting others live!!!
Thanks Mitch for this wonderful composition.
-Chalked by Megha kuruvilla
I love this book too and for the same reasons as you—for bringing out the essence of life so beautifully.
ReplyDeleteI also liked Mitch Albom's "The Five People you Meet in Heaven".
THis book had been reffered by Robin Sharma in his book WHO WILL CRY WHEN YOU DIE ?? ,i have just purchased this book to see why Mr.Sharma ,world renowed leadership guru specified in his book, but when i started reading it..its really amazing book...it always shows how to see on the other side of the coin...its a small book but contains great information...its a conversation about an old professor and his student who had left his ideals,passions behind.. in search of money and the professor who is close to death,suffering from a great disease,always dependent on others,but still enjoys the life....and the rest should known while reading it....Excellent n cheap.. book loaded with tons of joy n ideals....thanks for flipkart for prompt delivery in a day......
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