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Reading During Lockdown

Earlier this year, my aunt happened to lend me a copy of the novel, Tuesdays with Morrie, so I decided to start reading it before bed, hoping to rekindle my long-lost love for reading. Never did I know, this book exceeded my expectation.

Book Blurb

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, helped you see the world as a more profound place, 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 twenty years ago.

Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger?

Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with 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.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.

Some quotes that I find interesting:

“You know, Mitch, now that I’m dying, I’ve become much more interesting to people.”
“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
“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.”

Having wrote all these, it’s the action of opening up a book that reintroduce me to the quest of finding these treasures hidden among this information overloaded era. Reading is a habit that’s very important, especially since most people rather watch movies and YouTube videos than read a book nowadays. People are no longer leaving things up to their imaginations and are used to being shown moving images rather than thinking them up themselves. It’s only through reading that we get to imagine the feelings of the authors and experience their world through beautifully written words. Therefore, grab a book and start reading!

Have you read the book? Share your thoughts in the comments! If you have other books with similar themes, you can recommend those too!

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