homework 24

i must say one of the most favorite quotes in the book is "when you learn how to die, you learn how to live"(page 104) i think that is a very powerful quote. it might be short, but it is very true. people take lives for granted. we feel like we could do whatever we want and think that we are not going to die. even though death is all around us and everybody has heard of at least one person dying, however if its not a person thinking they are not going to die, then its them thinking that they are going to live for a very long time. for example like 120 years old or so. and around that age they are going to be very healthy and still do whatever they want.

so thats why it takes us years to actually take care of our bodies. when we are young we go out get drunk, smoke, eat fatty foods, pretty much destroy our bodies and think its going to be okey because we are going to have time when we get older. so then we pay for it when we get around 30. but when we are about to face death, that all changes. we try to save ourselves and change our lives around. we still think we have time to undo the damage that was done to us. but its really too late to change anything that was already done.

all you could do is learn to cope with what it is you have in live and work with it. not around it. its not until reality hits you that you are just like everyone else and that you are going to die, to then want to be a better person to society. death is like a event in your live that then gives you a reality check to life and how you are living it. it makes you think weather you want to continue with what you are doing, or do you want to change it.

in another part of the book, they were talking about family and how with out family there really was much of a reason for morrie to continue fighting with his illness. that family gave him joy in his life, and that family is something that can never be removed. you have people and friends in your life that come and visit you here and there to check in or say hi and then leave. but with family, they are there forever weather you want them to or not. and they give you all the love and joy in the world when you need them the most