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Nunca me hubiera imaginado que este libro me fuera conmover tanto.
Desde que empecé a leerlo se me han ido saltando las lágrimas y con el final he llorado a mares. Nunca antes me había pasado esto con un libro. Nunca antes me había llegado tanto un libro.
Lo que más me gusta de este libro es que no es ficticio. Es real. Morrie Schwartz ha existido de verdad. Nunca he tenido la suerte de tener un profesor así, ni siquiera he conocido a una persona así.
Me encanta su forma de ver las cosas (con esto no quiero decir que esté totalmente de acuerdo con todo lo que dice) y es cierto que tras haberlo terminado he estado pensando mucho en las conversaciones que tenía con Mitch.
La verdad es que no tengo palabras para describir lo que ha significado para mí leer este libro. Lo único que sé es que creo que todo el mundo debería leerlo, al menos una vez en su vida.
Le doy 5 estrellas y lo único de lo que me arrepiento es de no habérmelo comprado en físico.

Buy this book!

My first introduction to Mitch was him moderating a TV sports talk show years ago & then it went off the air. My knowing about the book either came from the other sports panelists talking about it or seeing Mitch on "Nightline" with Ted Koppel.

Did I go out and get the book? No, probably because I thought a book about someone talking to a former teacher would be uninteresting. Boy, was I wrong. There are so many superlatives for this book; beautiful, heart-wrenching, sad, happy, joyful, insightful, funny and the list goes on. And, there are so many lessons to be learned from the wisdom of Morrie and each of use who read the book will take different ones. But this book!

I never saw the TV version of the book, but did see a play at a local theatre with former MASH star Jamie Farr as Morrie. It was very interesting to see a play with only the two characters in it, but both did a great job and would recommend seeing the play if you get the chance.

Highly recommend for everyone.

یک کتاب عالی که هر کسی باید حداقل یکبار آن را بخواند

* Reread

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."


Whenever someone asks me to tell them my favorite books of all time, I always put this book at the top of the list. I blame but thank this book for becoming the reader that I am today and even though this book drowned me in a pool of tears...



this is still one of my most inspiring reads. ^^ Reading this book was like taking a complete course on life and living and there is no better life coach than Morrie. This may sound exaggerated but I felt like I became a different person and a better one at that after reading this.

I thank Mitch Albom for sharing not only his special gift in writing, but also his incredible experience as one of Morrie's students. This is honest to goodness the book that literally changed my life and I will be forever grateful. <3 <3 <3

honestly, i’ve been procrastinating finishing this book because i didn’t want it to end. it’ll stay with me forever.

this is a book better to take your time with to reflect on and sit with some of the feelings and emotions it brings out of you.

i’ve owned this book for a while and it took me a really long time to actually sit down and read it. i don’t regret that though because i think this book is one that will resonate with you regardless of what stage you’re at in life. you can continue to reread it and it will affect you differently each time. you’ll understand and see the book differently depending on what experiences and lessons you’ve learned over time.

everytime i opened this book and read a little bit, my eyes would start getting glassy. the writing is so beautiful. it has this ability to bring tears to your eyes from the very beginning even though you hardly know the characters in the book. i would read one chapter and get the urge to bawl my eyes out. i shamelessly cried throughout most of the read.

i feel like i mourned with him and i feel such deep pain even though we knew where this was going.

this book isn't just about death and dying. it’s a book about life, family, connection, culture, and above all else, love. i know you always hear the saying “live like its your last day” but morrie embodies that. he truly teaches you how to live like it’s your last day. this book made me sit back and reflect on all the time i waste with unimportant matters while neglecting the beautiful and important things in this life.

mitch often found himself wondering why his professor loved him so much, and i think this is one of those beautiful things where you don’t need some grand reason to love someone or connect deeply with them. morrie just loved him unconditionally. he didn’t need mitch to give him anything in return. he had found a wonderful connection with his student, he reminded him of his younger self, and he cherished him a lot. i loved reading about how much morrie still adored mitch even after all those years with no contact. and i think if we could’ve gotten morrie’s perspective, he would tell us how much light mitch brought into his world.

morrie was such a sentimental, kind, loving man with so much wisdom he wanted to share with the world. i wish i had a morrie in my life that would cherish me and wanna meet with me every tuesday to teach me all the important things i should be focusing on. *sobs* everyone needs a morrie in their life.

there are so many things i want to take away from this book, but one of the ones that resonated with me a lot was about “detaching from your emotions.” it’s not exactly what it sounds like. but it’s essentially where you allow yourself to fully feel your emotions and then give yourself a moment to detach from those emotions afterwards, and that's how you let go. but you cannot fully detach, if you do not fully embrace the emotion.

there are many lessons in this book that i want nothing more than to come back to and reflect on. it was so incredibly difficult for me to finish this book because i did not want to say goodbye. i’m so happy i read this book. i think everybody should read it at least once in their lifetime. you don’t need to rush to read it, but pick it up when you feel it’s a good time for you. it’s touched me in so many ways i can't even do it justice.

i’ll leave you with some special quotes:

“Shouldn’t the world stop? Don’t they know what has happened to me? But the world did not stop, it took no notice at all.”

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”

“Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?”

“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

“Without love, we are birds with broken wings.”

“Don’t let go yet.”
“No. Not yet. We still have work to do.”

“We all yearn in some way to return to those days when we were completely taken care of—unconditional love, unconditional attention. Most of us didn’t get enough.”

“All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.”

“The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own. Do you understand? How can I be envious of where you are—when I’ve been there myself?”

“Do the kinds of 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.”

“This disease is knocking at my spirit. But it will not get my spirit. It’ll get my body. It will not get my spirit.”

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

“Why don’t you just accept their sympathy?”
“Mitch, why would I take like that? Taking just makes me feel like I’m dying. Giving makes me feel like I’m living.”

This was a great book for looking at life and reflecting on how you live it. As someone who deals with a lot of stress and frustration, it was refreshing for me to hear Morrie's outlook on things. Hearing such a positive and down to earth view of life and how it should be lived coming from a man with a terminal illness made me realize I spend too much time sweating the small stuff.

I think this quick read can be enjoyed by anyone and has at least a little something in it for everyone.

Tuesday with Morrie
Well this book is:
Simple yet compelling,
Quick read yet thought-provoking,
Saddening yet heartening,
Short yet long lasting.

Not reviewing this book critically, this is perfect and complete in the style, it's written.
Truly inspirational real life story of Professor Morrie Schwartz albeit carrying a life changing message for all.
Precisely this book has something for everyone.
A must read.

““Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

The last recorded lines of Morrie by Mitch. I read this sentence again and again and again. It just got immersed with me, just the way this novel did. It makes you think about the lost ones who once were your lifeline. I just asked myself about the bond that I had with my NANI. Yes, she is gone, but the relationship still stays and always will. I never understood that even after five years without her, what is it that I still cling to her? This particular sentence gave me that clarity. Anyways, coming back to the novel.

Well, that's what this novel does to you. It opens the door, less visited by you. It gives you answers to all the unanswered questions that, once, you might have thought about, but after not reaching any conclusion, you left those questions there and then.

“Ted, this disease is knocking at my spirit. But it will not get my spirit. It will get my body. It will not get my spirit.”

Tell me, you don't get shivers or chills after reading these lines—the lines said by a person on his deathbed. And not just this, there were many lessons like- “ Don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too long.” It is something that will stay with me always.

Overall, this novel will give your life true meaning. Only if you don't simply read it for the sake of reading; instead, you genuinely want to absorb it. Mitch, in his conclusion, wrote that a dying person fears the most about being forgotten. Well, I hope the people who have read this book can never forget Morrie.

Everyone should have to read this book... Morrie's aphorisms are an excellent map to better living through meaningful relationships... thanks Mitch for sharing your "coach" with us.

(reviewed 9/2/08)

همین که پیرمرد قصه یه جورایی نفسش از جای گرم بلند میشد خورد تو ذوقم

مریض باشه و بدنش کم کم از پاهاش شروع کنه به فلج شدن و همین طوری بیاد بالا و اون قدر دستش به دهنش برسه که نه تنها از عهده ی مخارج این بیماری مهلک برمیاد بلکه شصت نفر هم فول تایم تو خونه ش استخدام کنه که به امورش رسیدگی کنند...خب اعتراف کنین که طرف خیلی خاصه! متفاوته! مرفهه

زندگی پیچیده تر از اونیه که همه مون بخوایم لای خطوط یه کتاب به این سادگی با یه قانون شسته رفته پیداش کنیم بخصوص اگه این آقای معلم زندگی، تو همچین شرایط متفاوتی از وضعیت اکثریت باشه

The other day I was watching Morrie's interview with Ted on youtube. Of course I was touched. It was overwhelming to witness a man talk about death while on his deathbed himself. But that was that. The things that he said or the ideas that Mitch tried to convey through his writing may seem quite captivating when one is younger but as one nears the mid age, these ideas are imbibed through experience. No book can teach wisdom or humility better than life itself.