We are tuesday people

Recently in my english class with JJ, we watched the movie Tuesdays with Morrie. I loved it. At the first of the year JJ read it to us and i totally didnt listen. I am not sure if any of the class did. But after seeing the movie i read the book for myself. It is my favorite! The book is a about Morrie Schwartz who is diagnosed with ALS- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Your body slowly dies. The book teaches many life lessons that morrie learns while dying. This book hit close to home for me because my aunt jill died of ALS. It is a very sad thing to watch happen. But here are some of my favorite things from the book:

"Once you learn how to die you learn how to live"
  
"You closed your eyes. That was the difference. 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're falling."

 "So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're 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."

 "The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

"Death ends a life, not a relationship."

  "What's wrong with being number two?"

"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 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 thank Mrs. Abernathy for introducing me to this book!