Log #1

Book: Tuesdays with Morrie

Author: Mitch Albom

Page:1~82

These two weekends, I read a book called “Tuesdays with Morrie”. Why did I choose this book? Because I had heard this book for a long time and I also had heard this movie, but I had never seem both of them. I often saw some articles or heard my friends or teachers recommend this book. Then, I wondered why they were so attracted by this book that they kept praising it. I bought this book last semester but, instead of reading it, I put this book aside unheeded. As a result, I started to read this book because of this course.

     This book is talking about a dying old man, Morrie, who was the author’s college professor suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He gave the author the last class once a week in his house. These classes met on Tuesdays. What Morrie taught was the meaning of life including world, regret, death, family, aging, marriage, culture, and so on. At the beginning, the author, Mitch, didn’t know that his professor had less time to live because he hadn’t kept in touch with Morrie for about fourteen years. Not until Mitch saw the TV program which host interviewed Morrie did he find that his professor was dying. So, Mitch paid Morrie a visit, which was the beginning of their class. After their class started, Mitch began to think more deeply. He found that he had forgotten many things, and one of them was that he had made a decision that the purpose of work was doing something he liked instead of just making money. So, Mitch started to consider what had happened to him and to think what thing was meaningful to his life.

     After reading the front chapters, I found that what Morrie said inspired me so much. One of these sentences he said was “Don’t assume that it’s too late to get involved.” Just like the old saying “It’s never too late to learn.” Sometimes, I think that I was too old to learn something, and other people have learned this thing for many years. I may not keep up with them and reach their level so I didn’t give this thing a try and gave up. However, if I don’t try and give up, I won’t know how best I can do and whether I have the talent on this thing or not. Maybe, when I become old, I will regret that I didn’t do this thing. Thus, I should dare to try new things, and I shouldn’t assume that I won’t do well and won’t do as good as what other people do. My life will be more meaningful and colorful and will be filled with many different experiences.