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Life Lessons From Morrie Tuesdays with Morrie is a book about a man who has a disease that causes him to loose movement throughout his body as it begins to shut down faster than normal. Morrie teaches his old student, and also the author of the book Mitch, life lessons that he has learned throughout his own life. Those lessons have made me realize important things about my life, things that I usually would realize when it’s too late. By taking some of these lessons to heart then I will have a…

Spiritual Journey The Spiritual Journey is one that varies from person to person and with no need to be religious to follow this journey. In Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie’s focus appears to be on learning how to live in the time he has left. Morrie decided the day he learned he would die, that he was not embarrassed to die and would make the most of his days left. This is seen when Morrie says, “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live" (Albom, p. 82). Morrie wanted to remind people to…

Lissa Hughes College Prep Freshman English Ms. Gentene Wednesday August 6, 2014 Tuesdays With Morrie 1. One of the significant lessons Morrie had taught Mitch during one of the annual Tuesday lessons was spent discussing money, and the negative impact it has on ones personality. As Morrie had said to Mitch during this lesson “ We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives” (Albom 123-124). I believe that this means that some people get all caught up in having…

meaningful life, while also avoiding the many pitfalls of life. Mitch Albom’s memoir Tuesdays With Morrie chronicles the author’s time with his Sociology Professor Morrie Schwartz sixteen years after graduation. Morrie is slowly dying of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and wishes to impart with Mitch important life values which will guide him to true happiness and self-actualization, through the practice of: humility, remorse, forgiveness, and love. This book has important significance…

Ezekial J. Emanuel stated that, “Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are not ends in themselves with intrinsic value. At best they are means to realize the end of a good death or, more accurately, a quality dying experience” (Emanuel, 1999). The Merriam Webster dictionary defines assisted suicide as follows: suicide with help from another person (such as a doctor) to end suffering from severe physical illness. As of 2014 four states in the USA have already legalized assisted suicide. Those…

There’s a hidden epidemic in the sports world that the public knows little to nothing about. This epidemic is not only found in athletes, but also in average individuals such as yourself. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is one of the epidemics that is found among the elderly, but now is being found in young athletes. ALS is a disease which attacks the body, leaving only the brain intact. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is a similar disease; however, it only attacks the brain.…

There have been arguments made over many possible factors that lead to a higher risk of acquiring Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Consumption of alcohol, smoking, stress or trauma, pesticide exposure, heavy metal exposure such as lead or mercury, age, electrical injury, geographical location of residency and even more have been experimented with to see if there is a common thread that may be causing people to be at risk for the condition (Environmental Factors 2015). In 2012 Louise Thomas found…

Death is one of life’s greatest struggles, and it is also its most certain occurrences. Many of us find great difficulty in coming to terms with this fact so much so that it is not uncommon to completely banish the thought of death. However, in Mitch Albom’s bestselling book Tuesdays with Morrie his readers are sat down next to a professor who can help one answer these questions. He is not a professor of science, English, math, or of any of the other subjects which one might expect a…

compressions are performed, three bags of IV fluid are injected, and millions of tubes are placed all over the patient’s body, and yet there’s no sign of recovery. After several weeks of repeating the same, suspenseful process, the ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) individual’s mind, body, and soul gradually changes to one of helplessness, sorrow, and…

disease, and 5,000 are diagnosed every year (Aebischer. Kato,. 2007). Although this disease is not diagnosed as often as something like cancer, it is still a tragic illness that slowly kills its victim. Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that attacks nerve cells (Aebischer. 2007). These nerve cells connect to the brain and spinal cord which causes weakening in the muscles, which eventually causes paralysis in its victim (Aebischer. 2007).…