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Morrie has been dead for around twenty years, but his theories and lessons still apply today. The book is truly inspiring and moving.

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Death Fear Aging Greed Marriage Family Society Forgiveness A meaningful life
Motifs are from a list of topics created by Mitch and is featured on page 66.

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"You never hear people say, 'I wish I were sixty-five.' He smiled. 'You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven’t found meaning. Because if you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can’t wait until sixty-five. Listen. You should know something. 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'" (118-119).

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“Somany 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” (43).

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“I heard a nice little story the other day,” Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait. “Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air—until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore. “‘My God, this is terrible,’ the wave says. ‘Look what’s going to happen to me!’ “Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, ‘Why do you look so sad?’ “The first wave says, ‘You don’t understand! We’re all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn’t it terrible?’ “The second wave says, ‘No, you don’t understand. You’re not a wave, you’re part of the ocean.’” I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again. “Part of the ocean,” he says, “part of the ocean. “I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out.” (179-180)

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Man Vs Self

Mitch is having social problems and turns to Morrie for spiritual guidance.

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Mitch used to never be able to get a hold of his brother. “Not long after Morrie’s death, I reached my brother in Spain” (190). This is significant because Morrie predicted that he would, using the evidence that Mitch found him.

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Morrie had fallen into a coma two days after Mitch’s final visit. “Finally, on the fourth of November… Morrie stopped breathing” (187). Mitch then attends Morrie's funeral with the rest of Morrie's family.

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Keeping a positive outlook and being with others can assist in managing adversity.

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The ALS was getting closer to taking control and killing Morrie. “The physical therapist was showing me how to bang loose the poison in his lungs—which he needed done regularly now, to keep it from solidifying, to keep him breathing” (152).

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Morrie would talk about his past with Mitch. One time in Morrie’s life, “Morrie was given a grant to observe mental patients and record their treatments” (109). Morrie was also faced with the drafting of his college students if they couldn’t pass his class. “...‘If you don’t give these students grades, they will all fail,’ Morrie had a solution: ‘Let’s give them all A’s.’ And they did” (111).

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The unions at Mitch’s newspapers went on strike and after a week of the strike, Mitch decided to call Morrie. “You're coming to visit me… How about Tuesday?” (45). Mitch then meets at Morrie’s house every Tuesday until Morrie dies.

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“Next thing you knew, there were cameramen in Morrie’s living room and Koppel’s limousine was in front of the house” (19). The “Nightline” came to Morrie’s house to do an interview on Morrie because of Morrie having ALS. Mitch was looking at the channels and saw Morrie on The “Nightline”.

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Morrie developed asthma in his sixties and a few years later, Morrie was having trouble walking. "...Morrie had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Lou Gehrig’s disease, a brutal, unforgiving illness of the neurological system” (7). At the time, there was no known cure, so Morrie knew he was going to die.

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Mitch went to Brandeis University in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts. Mitch Albom graduates Morrie’s class, The Meaning of Life. Mitch was one of Morrie’s favorite students and Morrie was sad that Mitch was leaving his class.

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Go to 2:10~3:20

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Morrie: Lessons On Living (with Ted Koppel) -2