Multiple Life Lessons In Mitch Albom's Tuesdays With Morrie

Throughout the story Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom talks about the multiple life lessons or, aphorisms, that his former teacher Morrie Schwartz taught him. There are over thirty aphorisms throughout the book and I found that these three related to my life the most. First, “... love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” Second, “As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on-in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.” Finally, “Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

The main theme behind these three truths is that even when our loved ones are

I was at her house every weekend and I had some of my fondest memories there. I was around seven or eight and I was spending the day with my grandma and it was raining outside, the clouds were dark and gray. I really wanted to go outside but unfortunately I could not because of the storm. I was so upset that I could not go outside that I started to cry. My tears were falling as hard as the rain outside. My grandma grabbed some crayons but she did not have any paper so she grabbed an old white lamp shade and told me to decorate it. She showed me how to make birds and said I could draw whatever I wanted. I separated the lamp shade into three parts. I drew birds flying through the sky and clouds. The sun was a bright yellow and I colored the sky with one of the brightest blues I could find. It almost looked like the birds were swimming. Another part of the shade was full of mountains. They were red, purple, black, and gray, pretty much whatever color I want. The final part of the lamp was the ocean. I drew different fish, sharks, and some starfish too. They were different sizes, shapes, and colors. They were bright with vibrant colors and it was the part of the shade with most detail. I even added plants and reefs. After it was all colored my grandma had me sign it and I gave it to my mom as a