Ted, " he said, "when all this started, I asked myself, ’Am i going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?’ I decided I’m going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure."
"Morrie would walk that final bridge between life and death and, narrate the trip."
For me, this book is all I had forgotten in trying to chase shadows; all I needed to be reminded of - spending time with people I love, having "living funerals" - appreciating all the good things in life; and creating my own culture. "devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning". Dancing, laughing "as if you’d just told him the first joke on earth".
Albom’s book discusses his connection to a former college professor, Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz is battling(and losing) ALS(Lou Gehrig’s disease). Albom and Morrie discuss life, love, work, and everything in between as they connect in the last few months of Morrie’s life. Morrie’s words are insightful and thought-provoking, and Albom a willing recorder of those thoughts.
A touching, warm story about a remarkable professor and his student.
Must read!