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 20 years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and...
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 20 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 - Morrie visited Mitch 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. This is a chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.
while I spent so many hours on things that meant absolutely nothing to me personally: movie stars, supermodels, the latest noise out of Princess Di or Madonna or John F. Kennedy, Jr. In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie’s time even as I lamented its diminishing supply.
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.
I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be ... (查看原文)
I got so absorbed in this book when reading it. I like the way Mitch narrates and I can see through the lines how wise and mild his teacher was. I can find peace and calm from his words and I like it...I got so absorbed in this book when reading it. I like the way Mitch narrates and I can see through the lines how wise and mild his teacher was. I can find peace and calm from his words and I like it.
“Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."(展开)
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0 有用 詠寶 2007-11-21 23:33:27
CITYU 送的.呢個政策不錯,給新生一本新的好書..好吧...歸類為讀過...因為其實真係沒時間看它
1 有用 Sandy 2017-03-06 07:02:51
I got so absorbed in this book when reading it. I like the way Mitch narrates and I can see through the lines how wise and mild his teacher was. I can find peace and calm from his words and I like it... I got so absorbed in this book when reading it. I like the way Mitch narrates and I can see through the lines how wise and mild his teacher was. I can find peace and calm from his words and I like it. “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live." (展开)
0 有用 venus_cheung 2010-11-15 11:43:56
一本能让人坚持下来读完的英文原著~赞~
0 有用 marjorie 2010-04-23 07:54:57
who got my first copy?
0 有用 lillydai 2010-02-12 23:24:50
我其实很少给五星的，这本书解决了我长久以来的一些困惑。非常好。