"Tuesdays With Morrie" by Mitch Albom

I have always liked Albom’s writing style and his ideals. He is well known because he is a sports columnist and appears on ESPN. But that’s just his job. His perception and outlook on life are much bigger then the world of sports. And often times he sees that and brings that out in his column. Sports just happens to be the back drop.

This is the second of Mitch’s books that I have read, with “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” being the first. That was his first try at fiction, and has been incredibly successful. “Tuesdays With Morrie” is non-fiction, but reads like fiction. He tells the story of his weekly meetings with Morrie Schwartz, a college professor of his that is dying of ALS (Lou Gerhig’s Disease). They basically talk about the meaning of life, and how Morrie doesn’t feel sorry for himself while having this deadly and debilitating disease. But how he views life differently, and he gets a chance to get the most out of life, because he knows the end is approaching.

In some respects this is a book that all people should read. Morrie’s outlook and his opinions on life, death, marriage, forgiveness, etc. would be well for all of us to learn. Or at least to read and take from it what we want. Sure, we all have our own opinions and beliefs. But Morrie has much to teach anyone. Just being who he is and what he does and approaches life while facing death alone would be a good lesson for all to learn. Not just his philosophies on the subjects him and Mitch discuss.

It is a engaging book and surely will make you think and contemplate your life.

9/10