Tuesdays with Morrie

Well, this is a little extract from the book Tuesdays with Morrie...i haven't read finish yet...bt some parts of it juz want to share with you ppl....don't juz skip this entry, coz this is a very good life lesson that we can all learn from this man called Morrie...well, he is sick in his body, down with ALS, a disease that will cause a person to somehow be handicapped and it will cause death in a person...this man is a professor at a college teaching some pyshcological thing...so yar..here's the extract...

Because Morrie sat in the wheelchair, the camera never caught his withered legs. And because he was still able to move his hands-Morrie always spoke with both hands waving-he showed great passion when explaining how you face the end of life.
"Ted," he said, "when all this started, i asked myself, "am i going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am i going to live? I decided i'm going to live-or at least try to live-the way i want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.
"There are some mornings when i cry and cry snd mourn for myself. Some mornings, i'm so angry and bitter. But it doesn't last long. Than i get up and say, 'i want to live...'
"So far, i've been able to do it. Will i be able to continue? i don't know. But i'm betting on myself that i will."

Hmm...i really am inspired by this man..though he know that he can't live long, he still carry on living...helping people, impacting many lives, and there are times that he wanted to give up like how we will experience it in our life, but he choose not to, but rather, to enjoy what he has and to carry on living life in a more joyful way, rather than sit and sulk. Many people around him feel sad for him, and he even holds a funeral for himself....to allow people to mourn for him...and well, i felt that we should really learn from this man, he knows how to handle death in a positive way, and help the people around him be prepared for his death. How many times have we lost a love one and mourn and cry for them and all the heartbreak that we have experienced? and how we cry and cry for them, when all they ever wanted for us is to move on in life, and not to feel mournful or sad for them....this man really knows how to handle it....really admired it...coz i myself still can't handle death of loved ones...or even people leaving....this book really encourage me not to look back to the past and dwell on it, but rather, learn from it.....though i can't accept the fact that those people have left me, to go overseas, or gone heaven or hell....bt i'm starting to learn, to let go of the past...i'm determine to do that.....i'm sure everyone can try...and when you do that, it will release the hurt in you....