Have you ever read a book, and found yourself reading it fast because you can’t get enough of it, but don’t want it to end at the same time? This was what Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom was for me.
I was leant it and decided before I gave it back I would just make a note of some of the many beautiful thoughts shared in the book. Please don’t think that this is it and that you don’t need to read it now, far, far from it!
1. “Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.”
2. “Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.
3. “Are you at peace with yourself?”
4. “Are you trying to be as human as you can be?”
5. My days were full, yet I remained, much of the time unsatisfied. What happened to me?
6. “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
7. “The culture doesn’t encourage you to think about such things until you’re about to die. We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks – we’re involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don’t get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying. Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?”
8. “Yes. But there’s a better approach. To know you’re going to die and to be prepared for it at any time. That’s better. That way you can actually be move involved in your life while you’re living.”
9. “Giving to other people is what makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile are they were feeling sad, it’s as close to healthy as I ever feel.”
10. “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
If you want to know what else I have been reading, see my post about my personal goal to read 52 books this year.
I’m more than happy to get your ideas on what to read next as well – email me at liz@liz-fry.com.
