《Tuesdays with Morrie》

作者：Mitch Albom

这本书是作者（一位在世俗生活里如鱼得水的记者）和他尊敬的大学教授之间的故事。老教授在古稀之年患上了ALS（渐冻人病），在肉体一天一天被病魔夺去的过程里，用了14个星期二与他的这位记者学生展开最后一课之旅，他们在这课程中谈论人生中必须要面对的：世界、事业、金钱、爱、悔恨、孩子、老去、死亡和原谅等问题。

老教授的名字叫Morrie，面对着死亡，他从一个观察者的角度去观察死亡是什么，为他生命的最后时光带来了怎样的体验。他积极的人生态度影响着很多人，包括这位叫做Mitch的记者学生。Mitch曾经是Morri很喜爱的学生，毕业之后很多年都不曾与Morrie有过联系，沉溺于世俗成功的追求之中并做的风声水起。偶然的一天，他通过一个电视节目看到了生病的老师坦然地向世人展现他面对死亡的各种状态，开车去探望。从此便开始了他们14个周二的相约。在陪伴Morrie的这段时光里，作者内心对于人生的很多困惑被Morrie举重若轻地一一化解，作者也开始重新思考自己的人生，并一点一点做出改变。

如果说这是一大碗的心灵鸡汤，那么，这碗鸡汤是那么清淡又营养丰盛。我们每一位读者都可以与Mitch一起在每一个周二的课堂上聆听Morrie用生命的真实体验解答我们关于生命的各种疑问与困惑。温暖又感动。

以下文摘：

Morrie had ALS( amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease) and the doctor guessed he has two years left. Morrie deciced to study himself in his slow and patient dimise.Watch what happens to him. Learn with him. He was intent on proving that the word "dying" was not synonymous with "useless".

He is a small man who takes small steps, as if a strong wind could, at any time, whisk him up into the clouds. In his graduation day robe, he looks like a cross between a biblical prophet and a Christmas elf. He has sparkling blue-green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, a triangular nose, and tufts og graying eyebrows. Although his teeth are crooked and his lower ones are slanted back-as if someone had once punched them in- when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.

"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."

The1st Tuesday, we talk about world.

The 2nd Tuesday, we talked about feeling sorry for yourself.

The 3rd Tuesday, we talked about regrets: death、fear、aging、greed、marriage、family、society、forgiveness、a meaningful life

The 4th Tuesday, we talked about death: You know what is death, you know how to live.

The 5th Tuesday, we talked about family：

love. Without love,we are birds with broken wings.

There is no experience like having children. And there is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

The 6th Tuesday, we talked about emotions：

The 7th Tuesday, we talked about fear of aging：

As you know, you learn more If you stayed at 22,you'd always be as ignorant as you were at 22. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better because of it.

The 8th Tuesday, we talked about fear of money：

Do the kinds of things that come from the heart.When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overwhelmed with what comes back.

The 9thTuesday, we talked abouthow love goes on:

The10thTuesday, we talked about marriage:

The11thTuesday, we talked about our culture:

Every society has its pwn problems, the way to do it, I think, isn't to run away. You have to work at creating your own culture.

The12thTuesday, we talked about forgiveness:

Forgive yourself before you die, then forgive others.

The13thTuesday, we talked about the perfect day:

Death ends life, not a relationship.

The14thTuesday, we say goodbye:

Sometimes, when you're losing someone,you hang on to whatever tradition you can.