Wednesday, December 17, 2008

tuesdays with Morrie

I just read tuesdays with Morrie and if you haven't read it, it's good and it's a short, easy read if you want to pick up a book =D. It's a true story about a teacher names Morrie suffering from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and the lessons he teaches one of his closest students about life. 

One of my favorite parts...

"I heard a nice little story the other day, " Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.

"Okay. the story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air---until he notices the other waves in the front of him, crashing against the shore.

" 'My God, this is terrible,' the wave says. 'Look what's going to happen to me!'

"Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, 'Why do you look so sad?'

"The first wave says, 'You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't it terrible?'

"The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.' "

I smile. Morrie closes his eyes again.

"Part of the ocean," he says, "part of the ocean." I watch him breathe, in and out, in and out.

Ahhhhh Cu~te!

We are part of an ocean... like the ripple...puahahahaaa...

2 comments:

Diana Jhin said...

yeahhh i like mitch albom. write more! wooooo

Diana Jhin said...

update more.