Q#1- Morrie loves music. He always did. Morrie was trying to teach Mitch that its the thought and the compassion that counts in the long run. If you don't love others you won't be loved. Morrie shared his LOVE for music with others and praised good singers and musicians. Morrie's love for music relates to what he was trying to teach Mitch because Morrie loves and cares for others and doesn't spend his time WANTING new things. Mitch WANTS a big house and a sports car. Q#2- I agree with this quote because even if you get every material thing you want you still won't be happy if you don't have love. If you have no family and are all alone, material things can't help that. You should only take what you need and share with others. Q#4- Morrie thought on how to live a meaningful life- "Do the things that come from the heart. When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody Else's things. On the Contrary, you'll be overwhelmed with what comes back."
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"Do you believe in reincarnation? I (Mitch) ask." "Perhaps" says Morrie "What would you come back as?" "If I had my choice, a gazelle." "A gazelle?" "Yes. So graceful. So fast." "A gazelle?" " 'Morrie smiles at me (Mitch)' '' You think that's strange?' " "I (Mitch) study his shrunken frame, the loose clothes, the socks-wrapped feet that rest stiffly on foam rubber cushions, unable to move, like a prisoner in leg irons. I picture a gazelle racing across the desert." " 'No' " I (Mitch) say. " 'I don't think that's strange at all.' " {Tuesdays with Morrie, pg. 108} This passage is a flashback conversation between Mitch and Morrie. Mitch is asking Morrie, if he was reincarnated, what would he want to be. Morrie says he would want to be a gazelle because they are graceful and quick. If I was reincarnated I would want to a cat. Cats are caring and loving creatures. They don't have too many predators and are SUPER cute. Cats are really soft and cuddly, too. Cats are very friendly and also love to get pet. This is why if I were reincarnated, I would want to be a cat.
Family is a very important thing to me. Without family, I wouldn't even be here today. Your family helps you through difficult times. They make sure that you are never alone. They protect you and help you. They also take care of you when you are sick.
A time when I realized how important family is is when I had my foot procedure. I could barely walk. My family helped me by getting things for me and buying the things that I needed. My mom was there during the procedure and she helped me by distracting me from the pain. My dad gave up his favorite chair so that I could have a comfy place to sit. My aunt/God mother even spent her own money to by me an ice pack to relieve the pain. Most people don't understand the importance of family until its gone or until they are dying or are alone. As Morrie Schwartz once said, "The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family. It's become quite clear to me as I've been sick. If you don't have the support and love and caring and concern that you get form a family, you don't have much at all. Love is so supremely important. As our great poet Auden said, 'Love each other or parish.' " If I learned I was going to die soon, I would live my life very differently. I would live everyday likes its my last. I would do what important and what I enjoy doing. I would tell all my loved ones how much I love them. I would also apologize to those I wronged. I would teach others the lessons I learned and tell them my opinion on life. This is how I would live my life by this quote by Morrie Schwartz.
Regrets are interesting things. Some of us look upon them as bad things and others look at them in a good way. It depends what you see. My opinion on regrets is if you can get a lesson out of them, they aren't such a bad thing. If you only see them in a negative view than they turn into a bad thing. We shouldn't look down on regrets. If we keep wanting to change our past, our lives will become nothing more than the phrase: "coulda, shoulda, woulda". This is my view on regrets.
Morrie's view on regrets is similar to mine. He says: "Its (its = regrets) what everyone worries about, isn't it. What if today was my last day on Earth?" {Tuesdays with Morrie, page 64} He believes that we can't dwell on our regrets, we should live for today. Regrets are what we learn from. This is what I believe Morrie's view on regrets is like. This quote said by Henry Adams means that a teacher's influence on a student doesn't end when the student leaves their class. A teacher can effect a student's life greatly. When a good teacher affects a student, that student will remember it for the rest of his or hers life. That student will than take that impact and spread it to their kids and/or students of their own.This id what I think of the quote: "A teacher affects eternity; he never tell where his influence stops."
One person I trust a lot is my mom. She always takes care of me and helps me with homework. She helps me study for tests. My mom protects me and listens to me when I need to talk. My mom would never let me down. This is why I trust my mom. In the Chapter in Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, "The Second Tuesday", Mitch and Morrie talk about feeling sorry for yourself. Morrie told Mitch how soon people are going to have to wipe his "ass" for him one day. The newspaper situation also still hadn't improved. Morrie was delighted when Mitch brought him food and they talked while they ate it. Morrie told Mitch how in the morning, he would sometimes feel sorry for himself, but only then. He would allow him self a few minutes to mourn about his withering body. Awkwardly, Mitch learned how to pick Morrie up and put him in his chair. This is what happened in "The Second Tuesday."
I think it is okay to feel sorry for your self a small amount, but no too much. When you feel sorry for yourself too much, you start to become depressed and unmotivated to make your world better. I agree with Morrie when he says that you can feel sorry for a little while but not 24/7. This is what I think of feeling sorry for yourself. Many people are and have suffered from tornadoes in the South (of the USA). These ruthless tornadoes kill 100s of 1000s of people and injure many more. They rip up homes and farms. They take everything from people.
Citizens of Texas and Oklahoma have to prepare everyday for tornadoes in-case one occurs that day. Right now meteorologists are tracking multiple different tornadoes that could hit some of the southern states very soon. Citizens in the potential path of those tornadoes have been advised to prepare for the tornado. I feel bad for these people because in the tornado season, when people leave their homes each day, they may not ever see their families again. It is constant waiting to see if a tornado is going to strike soon. I pray for these people so that they can live a worry-free life without the threat of a tornado. |