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Summary: Morrie changed my life!
Review: I read 'tuesdays with Morrie' and heard Morrie Schwartz's words that people are the most important thing in the world. His conversations with his adult student (Mitch Albom)were very enlightening for me as I struggled with the same conflicts in my life...the importance of work vs the work of importance of others in our lives. Morrie makes it look so simple...but he engages us with the complexities and offers us hope. Than I read 'In His Own Words' and had difficulty with it. Listened to it on audio cassette and it began to make some sense. There are some very important lessons about accepting ourselves; forgiving ourselves and others; and that grieving is an important, necessary step in becoming whole. It was important for me to read 'tuesdays...' first and then to hear 'In His Own Words'. The wisdom on this tape will provide me a lifetime of goals towards healing. There is no mystery...Morrie steps us through the maze. Morrie's gift of words leaves a long legacy of healthy living. Now, I'd love to view the Ted Koeppl tapes from Nightline!
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Summary: Letting Go
Review: I truly loved "Tuesdays With Morrie" and couldn't wait to read Morrie's own words. While I found "Letting Go" to be insightful, it was a little too "self-help" for my taste. I would hightly recommend it for someone caring for a person with terminal illness or for a victim of terminal illness, as it has wonderful advice on how to understand and "live while dying". For the average reader, though, this book seems awfully long for its 127 pages.
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Summary: Morrie delights me
Review: I've got "Tuesdays with Mirror" as a gift from my ex-boss when I quited from the previous job. Now I do want to thank you her. It's such a wonderful gift. Actually, I'm a kind of person who doesn't normally read a kind of book like this but when the first time I read it, I could hardly put it down. Morrie got me as like he got Mitch. While I was reading, I was curious what will happen in the end and questioned to myself if there was a man kind like this in the World!! Yes, there was. Here he is. Morrie is sweet, gentle, nice and worm. That's the way I felt from the book. His words are so simplicity and do touch my heart. I wish, for the rest of my life, I could live and see the world like him just some of his parts!! Thank you Morrie & Mitch for a wonderful thesis and thank you again, Mitch, for letting us touch his soul and know this wonderful old man, Morrie Schwartz.
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Summary: Morrie delights me
Review: I've got "Tuesdays with Mirror" as a gift from my ex-boss when I quited from the previous job. Now I do want to thank you her. It's such a wonderful gift. Actually, I'm a kind of person who doesn't normally read a kind of book like this but when the first time I read it, I could hardly put it down. Morrie got me as like he got Mitch. While I was reading, I was curious what will happen in the end and questioned to myself if there was a man kind like this in the World!! Yes, there was. Here he is. Morrie is sweet, gentle, nice and worm. That's the way I felt from the book. His words are so simplicity and do touch my heart. I wish, for the rest of my life, I could live and see the world like him just some of his parts!! Thank you Morrie & Mitch for a wonderful thesis and thank you again, Mitch, for letting us touch his soul and know this wonderful old man, Morrie Schwartz.
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Summary: Morrie delights me
Review: I've got "Tuesdays with Mirror" as a gift from my ex-boss when I quited from the previous job. Now I do want to thank you her. It's such a wonderful gift. Actually, I'm a kind of person who doesn't normally read a kind of book like this but when the first time I read it, I could hardly put it down. Morrie got me as like he got Mitch. While I was reading, I was curious what will happen in the end and questioned to myself if there was a man kind like this in the World!! Yes, there was. Here he is. Morrie is sweet, gentle, nice and worm. That's the way I felt from the book. His words are so simplicity and do touch my heart. I wish, for the rest of my life, I could live and see the world like him just some of his parts!! Thank you Morrie & Mitch for a wonderful thesis and thank you again, Mitch, for letting us touch his soul and know this wonderful old man, Morrie Schwartz.
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Summary: A book of wisdom
Review: Morrie was a wise man. He knew a lot about how to live as well as how to die, that is, to face death. I learnt a lot about leading a better life in this book. I learnt to open my heart and give love to others. One should treat oneself better but at the same time, care for others. These all seemed very general, heard, and are not special. However, if we all carry out these acts, lives would be better for sure. In Morrie¡¦s case, it was unfortunate for him to have this disease. Grieving and accepting your misfortune were what Morrie instructed, in order to relieve the pain facing the misfortune, whatever it is. Morrie quoted a Buddhist statement, ¡§when you're young, everybody knows they¡¦re going to die and nobody believes it.¡¨ That is true! You won't think ¡¥I'm going to die.¡¦ That's why when people got illness, they become very depressed and cannot accept it. At the end of the book, he told a story about a wave in the ocean. The story really brought me some degree of enlightenment. I¡¦m not going to tell the story, I hope you will read it yourself. It¡¦s never too late to be who you want to be or to live how you want to live. Please, get a copy now. You'll be amazed.
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Summary: Depressingly uplifting
Review: Morrie: In His Own Words is an interesting account of what a man with ALS goes through to mentally keep himself sane. If you're dying, it is a good way to live the remaining time left and, if you are not facing death, it is good way to live the remaining time left. Don't expect earth shattering advice, though. These are simple truths, exposed by a life-long sociologist (turned psychologist in this work). What it does for those who are not facing death, is give you a real picture of what it could be like in the end, so start livin'. A good wake up call for anyone who doesn't think well of themselves or their life situation.
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Summary: Depressingly uplifting
Review: Morrie: In His Own Words is an interesting account of what a man with ALS goes through to mentally keep himself sane. If you're dying, it is a good way to live the remaining time left and, if you are not facing death, it is good way to live the remaining time left. Don't expect earth shattering advice, though. These are simple truths, exposed by a life-long sociologist (turned psychologist in this work). What it does for those who are not facing death, is give you a real picture of what it could be like in the end, so start livin'. A good wake up call for anyone who doesn't think well of themselves or their life situation.
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Summary: Morrie: In His Own Words
Review: Morrie: In His Own Words teaches his last lessons. Jonathan Marosz brings a straightforward narration to this educator's thoughts. Like his previous audio, this one gives the listener a crack in the world of Morrie. Filled with chestnuts of wisdom that we have all seemed to forget, Morrie speaks them.
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Summary: Morrie: In His Own Words
Review: Morrie: In His Own Words teaches his last lessons. Jonathan Marosz brings a straightforward narration to this educator's thoughts. Like his previous audio, this one gives the listener a crack in the world of Morrie. Filled with chestnuts of wisdom that we have all seemed to forget, Morrie speaks them.
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