This book has destroyed me!!!! It is one of the saddest, yet inspirational, books I have ever read. There are so many lessons to be learned from the conversations between Mitch and Morrie. There are so many quotes that I could dive into from the second half of my reading. The first quote was from Morrie, where he said "people are only mean when they are threatened". In school, there are so many people who try their hardest to get your goat. I have not experienced bullying or anything of the sort for a while, but I know that many people go through it on a daily basis. It is important to remember that sometimes, the ones most mean to you are the most jealous of you. This quote reminds people to remain confident in ourselves, even when others try to destroy that confidence that we all try extremely hard to build up.
The next quote that I examined was about family, an important staple of my life and my religion. It states "this is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting
others know there’s someone who is watching out for them. It’s what I
missed so much when my mother died—what I call your ‘spiritual
security’—knowing that your family will be there watching out for you.
Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame." . Although most people do not have strong relationships with their family, I have been close to my family. I always feel that my family has been behind me, encouraging me to excel in life. Even when my parents got divorced, both sides kept close to me and I never felt alienated. The reason that Albom included this in his memoir was that he wanted to stress the importance of family. While Morrie realized that he was dying, the people who want to be close to him would be his family. Family and confidence in yourself are the most important things in life, brought to my attention when reading this book,
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