there's a book called Tuesday's with Morrie by Mitch Albom that is absolutely one of the best books ever printed, and it will no doubt brighten up your lives, even if it already is....
"Many of you sports fans may be familiar with Mitch Albom. He is a sports reporter for the Detroit Free Press, has written books about sports, and appears on ESPN's Sports Reporters program. This is not a sports book. This is a very serious book about life and death.
Morrie Schwartz, a dying man who charmed America with his loving soul and spunky vitality, shared his gentle philosophies on life in several conversations with Koppel. They discussed what Schwartz had learned over a lifetime of experiences: Lessons on humanity, love, compassion, death, and Morrie's personal battle with the devastating and degrading effects of Lou Gehrig's disease. Many people have had someone who influenced their lives in school and wonder what became of them a ways down the road, Mitch Albom had this opportunity. This book is an excellent book in which I would recommend for anyone. This text makes you realize what life is really about. It contains everyone's fears and problems they encounter in their everyday life. It's about love, compassion, forgiveness, and death. You can see a terminally ill professor and his student create a bond and share gifts of love and joy between them. Albom's writing throughout is beautiful and emotional. He pulls the reader into his and Schwartz's conversations and involves the reader enough have Morrie feel like their mentor and good friend. Albom also writes realistically enough that the reader is constantly reminded of how it relates to the reader's life in some way. This story truely moved me"
here's a few links...
http://www.beth-elsa.org/be_s0522.htm
http://www.sesc.k12.in.us/cass/library/brookesreview.html
http://www.soundteaching.org/reflections/0016.htm
IF YOU GUYS ARE FEELING DOWN. IF YOU ARE FEELING SELF-PITY. IF YOU ARE FEELING SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT AND FEEL ABSOLUTELY FINE, I urge you guys to be this book. its only 200 small pages, but it WILL change your lives forever.
"Many of you sports fans may be familiar with Mitch Albom. He is a sports reporter for the Detroit Free Press, has written books about sports, and appears on ESPN's Sports Reporters program. This is not a sports book. This is a very serious book about life and death.
Morrie Schwartz, a dying man who charmed America with his loving soul and spunky vitality, shared his gentle philosophies on life in several conversations with Koppel. They discussed what Schwartz had learned over a lifetime of experiences: Lessons on humanity, love, compassion, death, and Morrie's personal battle with the devastating and degrading effects of Lou Gehrig's disease. Many people have had someone who influenced their lives in school and wonder what became of them a ways down the road, Mitch Albom had this opportunity. This book is an excellent book in which I would recommend for anyone. This text makes you realize what life is really about. It contains everyone's fears and problems they encounter in their everyday life. It's about love, compassion, forgiveness, and death. You can see a terminally ill professor and his student create a bond and share gifts of love and joy between them. Albom's writing throughout is beautiful and emotional. He pulls the reader into his and Schwartz's conversations and involves the reader enough have Morrie feel like their mentor and good friend. Albom also writes realistically enough that the reader is constantly reminded of how it relates to the reader's life in some way. This story truely moved me"
here's a few links...
http://www.beth-elsa.org/be_s0522.htm
http://www.sesc.k12.in.us/cass/library/brookesreview.html
http://www.soundteaching.org/reflections/0016.htm
IF YOU GUYS ARE FEELING DOWN. IF YOU ARE FEELING SELF-PITY. IF YOU ARE FEELING SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT AND FEEL ABSOLUTELY FINE, I urge you guys to be this book. its only 200 small pages, but it WILL change your lives forever.