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    Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, 20th Anniversary Edition

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    Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague.  Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.

    For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

    Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder.  Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

    Mitch Albom had that second chance.  He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life.  Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college.  Their rekindled relationship turned into one final "class": lessons in how to live.

    Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 1, 2004
    ISBN9780739311134
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    • 2/5
      Lebenstipps für Amerikaner, die sonst nur TV schauen.Das Buch wurde irgendwo empfohlen, da es jemanden ganz toll beeinflusst hat. Ich habe es gelesen und bereue ein bisschen meine Zeit dafür aufgewendet zu haben.- Die Lebensweisheiten sind so banal, dass ich es kaum glauben kann. In großer Länge und ausführlich aufgebauscht werden, z.B. "Konsum macht nicht glücklich" - Nur weil die Weisheit von jemandem stammt, der gerade stirbt, wird sie nicht wahrer. Das ist aber die Grundmeinung des Buches: Was Morrie sagt ist richtig, denn Morrie stirbt gerade und daher hat er RECHT und jeder der anderes denkt, muss UNRECHT haben, denn Morrie stirbt gerade.- Menschen, die nicht das Charisma und Connections wie Morrie haben, können nicht leben wie Morrie und dann die gleichen Ergebnisse erwarten. Und wenn ich noch so wenig konsumiere, wird trotzdem kein Chor bei mir vorbeikommen und für mich singen, wenn ich im Sterben liege. Es wird keiner über meine Witze lache, weil ich einfach nicht so witzig bin. Es wird keiner bei mir klingeln und ein Schwätzchen halten wollen, weil ich einfach nicht so toll zuhören oder erzählen kann. Bei mir kommen keine Ex-Studenten vorbei, weil ich kein Professor bin.Das ist Morrie aber anscheinend nie aufgefallen.- Geld ist Morrie nicht wichtig. Morrie wohnt aber in einem Haus, er schläft nicht unter der Brücke. Er hat einen gefüllten Kühlschrank, Medikamente, eine Krankenschweter. Woher kommt das Geld dafür? Warum hat er nie sein Haus verkauft, ist in eine kleine Mietwohnung gezogen und hat das restliche Geld gespendet, wenn Geld doch so unwichtig ist? Wahrscheinlich, weil ein bißchen Geld doch ganz praktisch ist…- Menschen, die nicht die gleichen Hobbies wie Morrie haben, können nicht leben wie Morrie und die Befriedigung daraus erhalten, die Morrie erhält. Wenn jemand gerne joggt, dann will er nicht die Abende rumsitzen mit den Kindern seines Bruders, dann will er lieber joggen. Morrie sagt, ich solle mich so verhalten wie er - aber was ist, wenn ich feststelle, dass macht mir gar keinen Spass?Ich mag gerne Reisen und Snowboarden. Das kostet Geld. Dafür muss ich arbeiten. Sowohl das Snowboarden selbst wie auch das Arbeiten hindert mich dann daran, so viel Zeit wie möglich mit der Familie zu verbringen. Das geht gegen zwar Morries Lebensregeln, ist aber für mich völlig ok. - Warum besucht der Autor Morrie erst wieder, wenn sich gerade die Möglichkeit ergibt ein Buch zu schreiben, während er aufgrund des Streiks nichts zu tun hat? Und warum schreibt er ein Buch statt einfach Zeit mit seinem alten Freund zu verbringen? Diese Widersprüche werden in dem Buch nicht aufgegriffen.Zwei Sterne bekommt das Buch, weil Morrie ja oft teilweise liegt und manche Menschen durchaus ihr Leben verbessern würden, wenn sie diesen Regeln folgen würden. Nämlich Workaholics, Fernsehsüchtige, Konsumsüchtige, bevorzugt aus den USA usw.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book, I fell in love with Morrie. I found it incredibly moving, especially the last few pages that deal with Mitch's last visit to Morrie and his death.
    • 3/5
      It was a heart warming tale but I was honestly bored. I fell asleep with the book in my hand countless times and it took me the full lending period of this library book to read it (that never happens for me). I do not know if it just wasn't the right time in my life to read the book or what, but it definitely didn't speak to me as I had hoped and I do not plan to read it again.
    • 2/5
      I must be a hard case as I did not get teary eyed or felt enlightened and renewed in purpose for life like so many apparently got from this book. I listened to it as a audiobook. The messages were simplistic to me, shun the material, embrace the human emotion. Of course if you have no material to begin with that may not resound with you.We will all die, that is for sure, the one certainty in life. Some of us will go peacefully in our sleep some will go in agony as in the ALS sentence or other such grisly way. Morrie's sermons to Mitch are lessons we should all take note for sure. I will certainly keep them in mind, as I was aware and needed only a reminder.
    • 4/5
      Mitch Albom was really crazy popular with this book for a while and he's since sort of faded into the distance. I think it had plenty to offer in the way of people thinking about the life they're leading and how they want to 'go out' or look back on it in their older years. It was good, but I think the hype surrounding it took over a bit.
    • 3/5
      It was a heart warming tale but I was honestly bored. I fell asleep with the book in my hand countless times and it took me the full lending period of this library book to read it (that never happens for me). I do not know if it just wasn't the right time in my life to read the book or what, but it definitely didn't speak to me as I had hoped and I do not plan to read it again.
    • 5/5
      This is one of those books that you always intend to read one day, but never do, until it comes into your hands. It could be a quick, easy read but it is worth sampling just a little at a time to think about each day's conversation and often, the events in your own life. Mitch Albom's writing style is direct and refreshing although it took some getting used to when I read The Five People You Meet in Heaven. I like his honesty in sharing his life, feelings and motivations. The book will have special resonance with those who have cared for a terminally ill loved one and those whose life work is caring for the elderly and terminally ill.It is well worth taking the time to read it.
    • 4/5
      This is a very moving account of a professor's last days, struggling with ALS, and his former student. While Morrie's lessons and aphorisms carry the weight of a man who has reflect on life from a sociologist's and profressor's perspective, this book is mostly powerful from its simplicity. This is precisely its message: it's the little things in life that matter - relishing the good, learning from the bad. It's a delightful reminder of what's important in being human.
    • 5/5
      Book that changed my world. I have read it only five times and keep on reading. Everytime I have found something new.
    • 3/5
      I've been working on clearing my own shelves and when I don't have anything pressing I grab something. I wanted something that wasn't too big or lengthy and this definitely hit the spot.
      The subject is heavy. I suspect most of us have either read it or read a synopsis by now. So I won't rehash and just jot a few things down.

      As someone who is deeply sensitive, introspective, and aware there's a larger picture we all exist in-I identified more with Morrie than Mitch. Not that Mitch is a horrible person. Mitch simply got the reminder he needed that life is short, and that we need to follow the cliches. You know: dance in the rain, play sick from work and go to an afternoon matinee, watch old romantic comedies while staying in bed all day one Saturday afternoon (preferably will raining).

      While I understand why some find this life changing, it was just okay for me.
    • 4/5
      Sad but enjoyed
    • 5/5
      great read!
    • 4/5
      A "class" act!
    • 4/5
      Inspiring.
    • 3/5
      FINALLY got around to reading this one over the last couple of days. It was a fair book, although I found "The End of Your Life Book Club" to be a better story of companionship and dying. Not a lot of great truths in this one that we don't already know, but Morrie was certainly an admirable and hardy spirit.
    • 5/5
      Wonderful wonderful look at a truly gentle soul written by an honest man bearing his soul for all to see; makes you laugh cry and sigh; helps you along your own journey to the place that God obviously wishes we would all walk towards.
    • 4/5
      Such a touching book. I'm sorry now that I took so long to read it and yet, it was probably an appropriate time as my father-in-law just passed away in August after a long debilitating illness. Like Morrie, he was also a teacher and a person who thought about love and life. Unfortunately for a long time before his death he wasn't able to talk much. As I read this book I thought that he would probably also have said most of the things Morrie did if he had been able. I envy Mitch Albom for having the opportunity to study with Morrie Schwartz and become so close to him. I even envy him the opportunity to meet with him as he lay dying for a final class about life. He is much richer for knowing this extraordinary man. I remember lots of my teachers and professors but I can't say I ever had the kind of relationship with them that Mitch had with Morrie. That kind of interaction comes rarely I think.
    • 5/5
      Great book
    • 5/5
      This is my second time reading Tuesdays with Morrie, and I picked it back up at just the right time.What I love about Morrie, and the book in general, is the outlook on life we are presented with. Here we have a man who was a Sociology professor for most of his life, trying to get his students to see the world with an open-mind; now, in death, he continues the lesson.Diagnosed with ALS, Morrie decides to teach as much as he can to one of his favorite students, the author Mitch Albom. The two decide this will be Mitch's final thesis project. Over a series of Tuesdays, Morrie and Mitch discuss life, death, money, and love, all these things seen from the perspective of a dying man slowly wasting away.Such a fantastic read! And Morrie, though I never knew him, is greatly missed.
    • 3/5
      a real tear-jerker. :))
    • 5/5
      Listened to this book as a CD from the library. A young student met each Tuesday with his sociology teacher and enjoyed his fatherly father/son conversations each week. Sixteen years later after his teacher was diagnosed with a fatal Lou Gehrig's disease and was interviewed on TV by Ted Koppel, they reconnected and resumed their Tuesday conversations. The lessons from his beloved "coach" this time included topics such as death, family, love, emotions, fear of aging, values, marriage, culture, and forgiveness. Even though he was dying, Morrie refused to let his spirit live. He embraced life and everything it had to give. He concentrated on the positive and limited self-pity. "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to llive." His philosophy was that people were the only things that brought real happiness Living unhappily was worse than dying. People need to feel good about themselves and find meaning in life by devoting yourself to loving those around you and to give and have a meaning and purpose in the community. We need to not just go through the motions of our relationships but to be present and really pay attention and listen to those around us. A very thought provoking book - makes me inspired to be a better person.
    • 5/5
      read it with a box of tissues.
    • 5/5
      If I could give this book 100 stars, I would. I actually feel ashamed that I have only just picked up this book to read. But then again, perhaps there was a reason for the timing.

      I could've finished this in one sitting or 2 days at most, but I had been a bit occupied, and I was trying to drag out finishing this story because I was waiting for a book I ordered to arrive. I've finished this book, and my ordered book has yet to arrive. Anywho...

      As I mentioned, I usually take my time reading a book. But this one demanded to be read. I enjoyed learning all the lessons in the first 11 'lessons', but on the 12th one, things started hitting home for me. I cried, I laughed. Then I laughed through my tears.

      Just reading this book makes me (and others, I'm sure) feel like I know Morrie personally, which makes it all the more harder to finish it. I highly recommend this book to everyone. And I mean everyone.
    • 3/5
      A sincere, naked telling about Tuesdays with Morrie. Mitch shares his experiences talking with Morrie, his professor he reunites with 16 years after graduation, when Morrie has been diagnosed with ASL. Every Tuesday Mitch flies down to Morrie to spend time with him, and his old professor never stops being his teacher, talking with about topics such as love and death.

      Morrie seem to have been an extraordinary teacher, a human that manages to connect with everyone, making them wiser, making them feel better. Mitch stories about Morrie and his wisdom his captivating.
    • 5/5
      I think this is a really difficult book to describe. It's a book that everybody has to make their own, and take from it what they wish. Personally, I adored this. It's a heart-wrenching story about an old professor during his last days, and even though he's in a lot of pain, he's doing his best to stay positive and to teach the world how to live. I have a lot of favourite quotes from this one, and there are certainly a lot of words of wisdom in there.
    • 3/5
      My sister, an Education major, insisted that I read this.

      The writing and the story wasn't spectacular, but I would have wanted to meet Morrie.
    • 5/5
      I can't believe I waited so long to read this. This is an amazing book. Tuesdays with Morrie will open your eyes to things you didn't know you need. It speaks about life, love, family and forgiveness. It's a must-read for everyone.
    • 4/5
      Very sweet, sad, poignant, real life story of a dying man whose former student tells his story.
    • 5/5
      I've had this book for years and if I had read it two years ago, I don't know whether I would have found it as affecting as I did. But last year, my best friend died. We had been very close friends for 36 years and for the last six of those years, Friday was our day together. In early May of 2011, she was diagnosed with Leukemia. She died early October and had one last, lovely summer to spend with those she loved. Over that five months, she gave away the things she loved, spent time with friends and family, read until she finally grew too tired to read, and watched the summer unfold one last time. She kept a blog and shared her last time on earth with a multitude of friends and family. Prior to her death, I don't think I would have believed that one could die on such terms, with such grace and such peace. The day before she died, I sat beside her bed as she slept and held her hand, knowing that she was very close to the end. She has been gone nearly a year and to read this book was to re-experience much of the emotion I felt during that time. Shortly after she was diagnosed, my friend said, "My life has always been about little things . . ." Her life, like Morrie's, was about things that are infinite. I find it impossible not to give this book five stars. That may not be reasonable but, for me, it will be unforgettable.
    • 4/5
      The things we learn from others in their moments of challenge. I thought of my favourite music teacher as I read this book and I cried real tears as we accompanied the character through his final moments.