Hmmm...a very touching narrative about a man on his deathbed, trying to help others gain whatever they can (intellectually) by sharing with them his experience of walking that final bridge between life and death.
Twelve Tuesdays are devoted to discussing topics such as death, fear, aging, greed, marriage, family, society, forgiveness, and a meaningful life. Apart from helping to gaining knowledge about these topics, the old professor is at the same time trying to bring out the emotions of the author as well.
The novel helps us realize, that we can learn to live, by accepting that we all have to die one day. A very beautiful point about life has been brought out here: "Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted. A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle."
The most beautiful part about this novel is that Mitch Albom has narrated it with such simplicity: you start feeling that Morrie is your own professor, and that he is talking to you, sharing his experience of gradually embracing death.
Life is not about letting the fear of death seize you. It is about accepting the fact that death is inevitable. You have to accept it and embrace it, instead of closing your eyes in front of it. Life is about love, care and respect for other humans.
Life is about compassion.
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