Tuesdays with Morrie -- Week 4

Hi, everyone:) Recently I watched many interesting movies: ”Pride and Prejudice”, ”The Great Gatsby”, ”The Hobbit” and so on. Watching Western movie is one of my hobbies and it gives me various feelings. I also can practice listening comprehension!

Well, I will introduce next story of Tuesdays with Morrie.

Mitch wanted to be a pianist when he was young, but he couldn't make this dream come true, so now he works as a sports writer of Detroit Free Press. One day, Mitch watched Morrie in an interview on the TV show "Nightline" and he knew about Morrie's disease.

In the TV, Morrie was in a wheelchair full-time now, getting used to helpers lifting him like a heavy sack from the chair to the bed and the bed to the chair. He had begun to cough while eating, and  chewing was a chore. His legs were dead; he would never walk again. Yet he refused to be depressed. He wrote about live with death's shadow: " Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it"; " Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others"; "Don't assume that it's too late to get involved." And he said that death should not be embarrassing.

Mitch was reminded of a promise he made sixteen years ago to keep in touch with Morrie. Now stricken with ALS, Morrie does not have much time left, so he decides to meet him again.

I will update my next blog soon!