Illness & Dying Book, Part 2

Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie, Random House, 1997

Not much has changed since my last post in the book, besides the different events that occur every tuesday when Mitch goes to visit Morrie. The main idea i came up with last week about the story hasn't changed yet. I think that the main idea is, everyday is a new day, in one's life, and everyday one's life is coming to the end, but how one chooses to live their lives before and after becoming ill is entirely up to them. So far in the story Mitch has been visiting Morrie and every time it seems like Morrie is becoming more ill, but more vivacious about seeing people. In one chapter Morrie had a funeral for himself, while he was alive in order to hear his love ones thoughts of him. And during the funeral Morrie and his loved ones laughed and cried together, which brought me to a question. Did Morrie do all that in order to get more attention by his loved ones, to feel better, and did that time with his loved ones make him happier or more sad? I would assume in that case if someone is strong minded they'd be happier in order to have loved ones to care about them ti'll the end and have the opportunity to hear it. But on the flip-side, one can get more sad to die knowing that they have relatives that love them and not know what will happen next. Tuesday With Morries is pretty good read, it's pretty dead on about peoples experiences with illness and death. Maybe that's because it's an auto-biography but if you compare it to anyone you know's story or you're own experience you'll find many similarities, and can probably compare it to almost anything.