Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? 

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.

I wish I could put into words exactly what this book meant to me but I don't know if I can. I loved this book for so many reasons. It was not always beautiful and I didn't always like Mitch throughout the book but it was real. The emotions that it displayed and the lessons that Morrie taught struck a cord with me. He seems like he was such a beautiful person. I wish that I could encounter more people with the same ideals as him who believe in loving others and living a full and meaningful life through service and relationships. I feel like the type of person that Morrie was are a rare breed and if they come into your life than you have truly been blessed to have known them. I felt as if I got to know Morrie on a personal level as the book progressed almost as if he became my teacher as well. When the book ended, I felt such a sense of loss. If you are thinking of reading this book please don't hesitate to do so. It is a wonderful book! I'm so happy that I read it and I hope that Morrie's words will stick with me so that I don't forget what is really important.