New Book

I bought a book yesterday. Not relatively a new book. I came across this book many times before but pay no attention to it until very much later. The title is “Tuesday With Morrie” by author Mitch Albom. He is a prominent sports commentator turned masterful book writer and has wrote handful of great books. As soon as reading the first page of it, I fell for the book. It was beautifully crafted, very light yet so profound, bears very remarkable lessons for us to learn. Its about a dying old man (a wise person to the core of course), a young man and life greatest lesson. And to make things even better, it is non-fiction. It’s a real life scenario with real characters embodied the story. I want to share some of the aphorism that had shook me to my reality life. Quoted by the late Morrie Schwartz.

“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

“Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too- even when you are in the dark. Even when you are falling.”

“So many people walk around with a meaning-less life. They seem half asleep. Even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they are chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

This book is good. Please get a copy. It will enrich your life.

P/S: I can see that this lesson also impart of teaching in Islam. We could have use this long-long time ago.