Since
I can no longer keep my blog in Multiply.com, I'll be moving more items from there before the deadline in December 2012. Here's the 1st of my book reviews.
Tuesdays with Morrie
-Mitch Albom
"The tension of opposites – life is a series of pulls back and
forth. You want to do one thing, but you
are bound to do something else"
You must be wondering why I am writing this book review in
this blog page rather than the review box.
I am fully aware, that's why. For
me, this book is like the book of life.
Like the scriptures which instructs you on living. I can't put a value on it, because I think
it's priceless. I can't rate it because
there are not enough available stars in the review page to justify this
book. It says a lot about life, about
love, about living and life's real meanings and then about dying, within its
two hundred odd pages.
Pretty small book, but it packs a wallop big enough for me
to go back through it again to review the finer points, trying to remember
those words which are so common-place, yet we by-pass them all the time while
we go through our daily lives chasing after the wrong things. We simply, through ignorance, or choose to ignore those things that really
matter in life, and we keep wondering why we can't contain our greed for more;
the better jobs, better looks, higher positions, newer cars, the bigger
houses... We try to maintain our looks to remain young even as age catches up
on us, which is rather futile as in the end it doesn't really matter. And who knows when is The End? It could be tomorrow...
This book says a great lot about dying. In fact, it's mostly about dying. "Death ends a life, not a
relationship".
It explains in story form, why most of us are leading
unfulfilled, meaningless lives although outwardly, we are rich, successful,
active in community, sports, etc. There
are so many truisms scattered throughout this little book and since they're not
listed as in "10-golden-rules" style you'll have to read it through
to find them....
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Now, then...you're confused or am I amnesic? I wrote the first part of this review right
after I finished reading the book. So, don't
blame me for being so absorbed that I was thinking like Professor Morrie
Schwartz (he's a dying man anyway). But
then, as Professor in Sociology, Morrie was a very good teacher. This story is written by his favorite student
who, years after leaving the college and having gone through the rat race,
suddenly find himself being drawn back into the life of his former
teacher. Eventually, he submitted
himself to return for a final lesson which turned his life around and gave it a
whole new meaning.
I tend to get very involved in such life-related
arguments. But 24 hours later after all
that "illusion's" worn off, I'm back to my old self again. Now that I'm back in reality, I'm seeing life
from both sides again. I'm back to my
practical self. So now I can rate this
book as top of the reading list for anyone with a zest for life. Hence, I've decided to put this write-up in
its rightful place – the reviews page.
From me, this is my point of view to keep life in its
eternal cycle: Pursue your dreams but
stay in touch with all those who make your life and dreams possible. And remember those golden rules. They're not there just to make others happy;
they're there to set equilibrium to your life as well, without which you're
like a ship without a rudder, sailing without a destination.
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