Tuesday, November 28, 2006 @9:26 AM
i was reading my favorite book yesterday :D
and i'm proud to say, it's my first book in years!
tuesdays with morrie, and i really like that book. it gives you that inspiration, that hope (:
anyway, i was reading it, and i found this very interesting para (: i shall type it out :D
"in the campus bookstore, i shop for the items on morrie's reading list. i purchase books i never knew existed, titiles such as youth: identity and crisis, i and thou, the divided self.
before college i did not know the study of human relations could be considered scholarly. until i met morrie, i did not believe it.
but his passion for books is real and contagious. we begin to talk seriously sometimes, after class, when the room has emptied. he asks me questions about my life, then quites lines from erich fromm, martin buber, erik erikson. often he defers to their words, footnoting his own advice, even though he obviously thought the same things himself. it is at these times that i realize he is indeed a professor, not an uncle. one afternoon, i am complaining about the confusion of my age, what is expected of me versus what i want for myself.
"have i told you about the tension of opposites?" he says.
the tension of opposites?
"life is like a series of pulls back and forth. you want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. you take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.
"a tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubberband. and most of us live somewhere in the middle."
sounds like a wrestling match, i say.
"a wrestling match." he laughs, "yes, you could describe life that way."
so which side wins, i ask?
he smiles at me, the crinkled eyes, the crooked teeth.
"LOVE WINS. LOVE ALWAYS WINS"
cool eh? there's so much more this book offers. sounds like i'm doing promoting. but it's true, i think this book is good. it will speak to you, in the 210 pages, i'm sure there will be somethng you can gain. the way the author splits the book in the content page, is already very interesting.
- we talk about the world.
- we talk about feeling sorry for yourself
- we talk about the regrets.
- we talk about death
- we talk about family
- we talk about emotions
- we talk about about the fear of aging
- we talk about money
- we talk about how love goes on
- we talk about marriage
- we talk about our culture
- we talk about forgiveness
- we talk about the perfect day
- we say goodbye
he died in the end, and i think when i get to the end of the book, i'll prolly cry again. but just by reading so little pages, i've learnt so much.
