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Summary: The best book of the 21st century
Review: I completely love this book. I haven't read one better. I realized that things that concerned me of this world are not that important. When I die, the material things will be gone, but the love that people have for me and the memories of times we've shared will always be there. You must read it. I'm going to read it again and again.
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Summary: tuesdays with Morrie
Review: What more can be said about this astounding story? I have purchased copies for my entire family, and about a dozen friends. Morrie has lessons to teach young and old alike, and many are the same. One of the most touching books I have ever read.
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Summary: The Meaning of Life
Review: Awesome book!!! It really helps remind you of what is truly important in life. You can truly relate to the characters. We can get so caught up in things that do not really matter in life. This book reminds you of what does. Family, Friends, Love.
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Summary: This book was so inspirational and emotional
Review: This was such a good book!! I have to admit, though, I watched some of the movie before I read the book, which I hate to do. I found out, though, that the movie is surprisingly accurate. I mean, while I was reading the book, pictures and parts of the movie would pop up in my head, and it was exactly like what I was reading. The book was well written, and it was pretty graphic, but I would really recommend that everyone watch the movie, because it is soo accurate, and it really helps to add to the seriousness of the disease, and the emotions the characters felt. So read the book first, and get pictures in your head of how you imagine it all happening, and then watch the movie. It's such a powerful story, and I just can't get over how accurate ever single detail and line is in the movie. The part about the wife was a little different in the movie, but everything else is just like the book. I would love to meet someone like Morrie when I go to college!!
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Summary: Growth and Beyond
Review: This book truly cuts through to the essence of life. I took some time to go over the negative reviews and must disagree with many of them. This book not only gives the altruistic notion of "Stopping to smell the Roses", but much more.Indeed there are many life lessons we all know, but I feel the true meaning behind this book is to not only take advantage of every moment, but to relish each moment as a once in a lifetime opportunity. Morrie shares his life trough his disease and eventual death. His life is as much a testament to living as his death was. The lessons learned within this book are not simply the words printed on the page, but more a philosophy to maximize ourselves through meaningful and loving relationships. While Morrie may have had private nurses and still professed not to live life ruled by money, I think the truer measurement of his life is in the number of people his life has touched through life - and now through death. A wonderful book and a must read for anyone who feels they may be letting every-day life consume their very existence.
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Summary: A masterpiece written with love
Review: I saw the review from the New York Times that basically said that basic truism that "We should all love each other." doesn't stop wars. So? I don't think the author, Mitch Alborn, was looking for a Nobel Peace Prize. This book is a tribute to a kind and courageous man. His name was Morrie Schwartz and he was Mitch's Professor back when he was attending Brandeis University. They reunite after Mitch sees Morrie being interviewed on Nightline. At this point Morrie is dying from ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Althogh his body is wasting away his spirit is as strong as ever. The two met on a weekly basis up until Morrie's death roughly 14 weeks later. The two discuss matters that touch all of us. His views on matters such as money, marriage, regrets, and fear are things we can all relate to. These lessons are not just some philisophical abstractions being delivered by some P.H.D. These are real world matters being discussed by a man who has had 78 years of experience to back him up. It is delivered with such love and honesty that it is difficult to not be moved by it. Some may think that it would be depressing to read about a dying man. However, the story is not about a sad ending. It is about the power of the human spirit, and how not even death can defeat it. I would recommend this book to everyone and anyone. A great read. Enjoy!
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Summary: Reminding all of us the simple lessons in life.....
Review: nice little book to read. There are many lessons in this book, but one needs to keep the right perspective while reading it. I read it 2 years ago and liked it. I read it again this month and enjoyed it even more..... This title is in Chinese NOW - with tremendous reviews.
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Summary: The young aren't wise, and the wise aren't young.
Review: What a wonderful book! Should be required reading for every adult. Especially if you find yourself immersed in the middle of all your "things" and asking yourself, "Is this all there is?". Before beginning your reading of this book, find your highliter marker, because there's plenty of comments about life worth marking (i. e. "Without love, we're a bird with a broken wing"). My pastor often warns in his teachings about giving first-rate loyalties to third-rate causes. This book certainly reinforces that advice. Our perspective, and priorities change so much with age, and experiences. Excellent!
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Summary: This is a fake book with fake emotions
Review: The subtitle is An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson. What is that lesson? Should we follow Morrie's example and go on Nightline, not once, not twice, but three times, to tell why dying isn't all that bad? "How bad is it, Morrie," Ted Koppel asks on the last show. Morrie tries to lift his arm which promptly collapses back. It's like those old Roman gladiatorial games where the crowd watches someone die and enjoys the thrill. Not only is that fake, it's disgusting. Fake emotions abound in this book and if you email me I will send you a list too long to include here. I can assure you Morrie is fake and so is the author. Both are cleaned up and polished fictional characters, sanitized humanoids to make them look sweet and nice for a TV audience mentality. But all that is neither here nor there compared to the main fake message which is: "Once you learn to die, you learn to live." Wow! That has a kind of catchy affected poetic asymmetry to it. Let's think. Is it true? Does it make sense. Or is it a pile of you know what? In this fake book one true thing came through. It's on page 116 where Morrie says, "And you know what? The strangest thing. I began to enjoy my dependency. Now I enjoy when they turn me over on my side and rub cream on my behind. I revel in it. I close my eyes and soak it up." Yup, that's the truth. Morrie's truth. And a none-too-pleasant truth. But it's just part of an even more macabre truth: Morrie like dying. No! He loved it. He reveled in the process. And he delighted in the TV celebrity he got from it. Too bad he never got to see his literary success too. It turns out that dying has a terrible price attached to it: It puts you out of touch and is so, so permanent.
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Summary: Tried but True
Review: Many critics view Morrie Schwartz's insights as tired or empty clichés. Their dismissal reminded me of something C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that...The real job of every moral teacher is to keep on bringing us back, time after time, to the old simple principles which we are all so anxious not to see..." Morrie's suggestions are timeless, which is why I accept them.
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