"We're Tuesday People"

     Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom was an inspiring, insightful book. It made me question my ways and the ways of society in the best ways possible. Morrie was on his death bed due to ALS, but he refused to stay there. He moved from his bed to his chair everyday because he believed that staying in bed meant dying and giving up. Mitch Albom, a previous student of Morrie's whom he hadn't seen in sixteen years, began visiting Morrie on Tuesdays, the same day the two used to meet to talk while Mitch was still in college. Mitch had gotten caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life and his job; Morrie broke him of this. 
     Each Tuesday Mitch would fly out to see Morrie, tape recorder in hand. They would sit and talk for hours about anything from love to death to regrets; Mitch recorded all of it. As they talked, Mitch Albom began realizing all of the things he was doing for no reason in his life; all of the stress he put himself under for nothing more than money. He figured out that what he was doing would not make him happy; pure happiness came from interaction, from love, not from material things. Yet, Morrie got sicker and weaker until, one Saturday, he died. Morrie welcomed death, though, and Mitch knew that he left in peace.
     Mitch Albom starting writing Tuesdays with Morrie at Morrie's insistence. He found a publisher in order to help pay Morrie's medical bills. After Morrie's death, Mitch completed the book and, much to his surprised, it took off. Millions of copies are now printed; Morrie's story is known around the world. Personally, I loved this book. I love how much it made me think and how much I now question my own motives. It made me a better person and, for that, I will always be thankful of Morrie.