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Age and Youth 'I know what a misery being young can be, so don't tell me it's so great'(117). Morrie realizes that youth isn't as wonderful as our culture would lead us to believe. Therefor he teaches that age should be embraced and not fought. 'If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow'(118).
Tuesdays with Morrie
Status, Wealth, and Power Through out this course you will learn how love and friends are more important than money and power. 'You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship'(125). Morrie will show you that having a job that is fufilling is much more important than having one that pays a lot and that material possesions will never replace friends.
Love, Marriage and Conflict Morrie has been married for forty-four years and is very qualified to teach a course on marraige and love. He will show one that 'love always wins'(40) but that there will be problems with a relationship if one doesn't share the same values with there partner. 'Here are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble'(149).
Come to our Tuesday classes with Morrie In this course you will learn many important lessons. These lessons include friendship, materialism, love, death, trust, aging, the meaning of life, wealth, and greed. This class will be offered for only a short period of time so hurry and sign up.
Forgiveness and Trust Morrie will teach that it is important to trust people with his ancedotes about his prevous classes. ' If you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you're in the dark'(61). Though he also understands that this trust can be broken and that you need to forgive people. 'Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others'(164).
The Meaning of Life, Important things, and Living and Dying. One of the most important lessons that Morrie will teach is that 'When you learn how to die, you learn how to live'(82). He will stress the importance of not clinging to material things because nothing is perminate but that to live a good life they have to love and give back to their community.
