HW 24 - Illness & Dying Book, Part 3

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
publisher: doubleday 1997

Precis:
Mitch been giving Morrie food and Morrie kept accepting them until his home aid told him to stop bringing the food that he gives Morrie every week, Mitch asked why and she replied saying that Morrie takes them so he won't make Mitch feel bad. Morrie then talks about emotions to Mitch and explains to him how emotions are and how you can get a better understanding of them.

Responses:
"Say I was divorced, or living alone, or had no children. This disease - what I'm going through - would be so much harder. I'm not sure I could do it. Sure, people would come visit, friends, associates, but it's not the same as having someone who will not leave. It's not the same as having someone whom you know has an eye on you, is watching you the whole time." (pg.92)
-->People never want to die or experience illness by themselves. Being alone causes things like depression. As if being ill and close to death isn't already depressing enough. People will always need somebody near them in order to get some kind of comfort. Like at hospitals people who were close to dying was seen by a dog in order to make them happy and filled with rejoice. Talk about dogs being a man's best friend.

"But by throwing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. You know what pain is, You know what love is. You know what grief is. And only then you can say, 'All right. I have experienced that emotion. I recognize that emotion. Now I need to detach from that emotion for a moment."(pg.104)
--->A lot experience a lot of these emotions through out their life time. But some people don't really don't understanding of loving somebody and don't truely know what pain is. They only find out what these emotions truely mean when its to late. People usually really truely love somebody when their in there death bed because they know that person is going so they are going to try to comfort them with these emotions, to make them more "happier."

"I don't want to leave the world in a state of fright. I want to know what's happening, accept it, get to a peaceful place, and let go. Do you understand?"(pg.107)
--> People usually never want to die during a state of fright. You hear people around us saying i hope i don't die from a heart attack, or i hope i never die while drowning. The reason why is because people want to die in their sleep so they die peaceful and not know what happens.

My experiences and thoughts throughout reading this book has changed a lot. The book showed me how to treasure people more while they last. Morrie the teacher made me think a lot more than just loving somebody, he made me understand why i love that person and what makes that person worth the time of loving. I just thought emotions were a come and go thing but Morrie made me realize what an emotion really is. Morrie's talks with Mitch made me realize a lot more about things because while i read the book i always was questioning myself along the way.