Morrie's Interview

I feel that I was not picturing Morrie in the correct way from the book. He looked more fragile to me, and the way he spoke was like he planned everything he was going to say. In the book, these things did not occur to me so much. Even though Morrie looked fragile, he still seemed strong and carried himself with a purpose. He was not ashamed to die and wanted people to know that. He still wanted to make the most of his life and didn't want his illness to become what he was as a person. Morrie didn't want his friends and family to remeber his disease, but to remember how he tried to still do things that made him happy.

When I was listening to him talk about the list of things, I didn't think of his time as coming to an end. Morrie made me believe he had many more years and that he'd been studying the effects of dying for his entire life. He was a very happy man that knew what he still wanted to do with his life. Morrie is a good example for how I want to live my final years, if I know that I'm dying or not. I don't want to dwell on the fact that I'm not going to be on this earth much longer, but that the time before I pass on will be the greatest that I can make it. He doesn't make me feel sorry for him, but proud. I feel proud because he was trying to help others live their final days cherishing the many things that they have.