Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

 Excerpt:  "Everyone knows they're going to die,but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently."

All of us have thousands of complaints right? about the traffic, the food, the salary,the work, the politics,... on goes the never ending lists.

So amidst all these regrets and worries, there came by a book which left me thinking how silly i am !!

A professor counting his last days of life, shows us the true meaning of being alive! to not surrender to the disease is one part of whole book, but the most important part is the lessons he teaches us.

Excerpt: "Take any emotion-love for a woman,or grief for a loved one, If you hold back on the emotions-if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them-you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid.You're afraid of the pain,you're afraid of the grief.You're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.

But by throwing yourself into these emotions,by allowing yourself to dive in,all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely, you know what pain is . you know what love is, you know what grief is.And only then can you say, all right i have experienced that emotion, i recognize that emotion,Now i need to detach from that emotion for a moment. "

Many a times in life I've been through stages when the same had happened to me, an emotion is with me only till i go to the full extent with it! and it being not the norm, i have been questioned by many of my queers... all those questions remain answered with professor morrie's statement above.

Excerpt: "No matter where u live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be, we should be looking at our potential stretching ourselves into everything we can become."

Through simple statements , Mitch Albom, brings out the real essence of life.. of living and letting others live!!!

Thanks Mitch for this wonderful composition.

Books Books !!!!! ~~~~~~ "The Last Lecture"

"When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care. "

Makes sense?? ….. Yes?.... then you Should read this book…..

Randy Pausch Is a professor, who is counting his days as he fights against pancreatic cancer.

The book as named is about his last lecture, which he sees as a way to connect to his fellows and specially his 3 little kids who’ll grow up without him around.

Thinking about a sad autobiography of a cancer patient? …. You are wrong! As he narrates his life and dreams, not even once we feel sad or sympathetic for him. He brightens up the day with instances from his childhood and teen years and makes every moment as lively as possible with his simple yet forceful language.

The energy with which he presents his lecture reflects in his words too. And it is something that lifts our spirits to greater heights. Through the various moments,people and places of his life he brings to light the real lessons of life which could change the way we see things! Some quotes below: 

• "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
• If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "tell the truth." If I got three more words, I'd add: "All the time." 
• “Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side. Just keep waiting, it’ll come out.”

As he explains the simple yet most important moments of his life, we can’t help but agree how simple and small things matter more when it comes to adding meaning to our lives.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, with the youtube video of his actual lecture and his website, attracting millions of visitors each day…

So what are you waiting for... check it out..and do let me know if u like it.. :)

Links:

The Site : http://www.thelastlecture.com/

The Lecture Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
The Lecture Transcript : http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/pauschlastlecturetranscript.pdf

Happy Reading... :)