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Tuesdays With Morrie Aging Quotes

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Aging is an essential part of life, some people dread it while others just sit back and enjoy the ride. For example, in the book, Tuesdays with Morrie, the main character Morrie, who is a college professor, actually enjoys the aging process. When Morrie is talking to his former student Mitch he says that he once told his friends, "I am going to be the healthiest old man you ever met," and he was in his sixties when he said this which shows how he is optimistic about aging. If you do not age then you will not be able to learn new things, meet new people, and experience new things and Morrie understood this more than most people. He was not afraid to age, because he knew that it was inevitable and he embraced it instead of trying to run away
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