Slow reading. Big feelings. And some lines that just stayed.
I recently read Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. And honestly? It took me almost six months to finish. Not because it was long or complicated, but because it was a LOT. Emotionally. I had to pause so many times, sometimes after just a page or two, just to take a breath. There were moments where I laughed out loud, moments where tears just came out of nowhere, and a whole lot of in-between.
It’s written like a conversation, and it felt like one. Warm, witty, raw. It was Mitch catching up with his old professor, Morrie, who was dying from ALS. But for me, it wasn’t a book about death. It was a book about how I might want to live, knowing the end is coming.
Morrie didn’t preach. He just said things that made me stop in my tracks and go… “whoa” and “hmmmmmmmm” and “aha” from time to time. the lines. They didn’t just spoke to me. They sat with me. And some of them shook me up.
Here are ten that I don’t think I’ll ever forget:
Reading this book was a full-on emotional ride. I laughed, cried, paused, questioned, felt deeply. It asked me to be more present, and in return, it gave me new ways to look at things I thought I already understood.
It didn’t turn my life upside down. But it softened the sharp edges. It made me want to live slower, love better, and listen more. And for a book that started with a simple Tuesday, that’s quite something.
If there’s one thing this book reminded me of, it’s this
