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Life Lessons With Morrie's Tuesdays With Morrie

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In the book of Tuesdays with Morrie, I saw that Mitch was guided by Morrie with his lifestyle. He learned a lot of knowledge about him in life. Morrie taught him life lessons when he was slowly dying in the book. The book reminds me about my mother teaching me life lessons when I was younger. My mother has unique qualities and personality that defines her. She has determination, courage, and seriousness to herself that I have gained from her by following her advice that she gave me. When I was young, my mother taught me not to give up in life at all. She keeps saying that motto repeatedly to me throughout my whole entire life when I got stuck on the difficult situation in life. I decide to take her advice, and it helps a lot with the choices
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Morrie’s Life Lessons Work, that is one thing that there is no shortage of in Tuesdays with Morrie. In the novel, Tuesdays with Morrie, one recurring theme is learning to live each day to its fullest. Mitch Albom, the narrator, chooses his career over his social life. He often takes things for granted, like Morrie did back in the day. Morrie wants to fix that for Mitch so he doesn’t do the same because he learned how not to take life for granted: “We think we don 't deserve love, we think if we let it in we 'll become too soft” (Albom, 1997).

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