The conversations I have with my brother are always insightful to me. Everytime we have a conversation, I will gain insights on life.
In the previous conversation we had, we talked about books, this time we talked about Mitch Albom's books. Both of us already read three of Mitch Albom's books, "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", "Tuesdays With Morrie", and "For One More Day".
And my brother shared his opinion on Mitch Albom's books with me. He said to me that his books is telling us an important message, which is to do what we want to do while we can, to say what we want to say while we can.
As we can see, in three of his books, we read about unsaid words and unexpressed feelings.
In "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", the 83 year-old Eddie came to know about the things that he done wrongly to the people that he didn't even know only when he is in the heaven, he came to know that there are unresolved feelings with his loved ones only when he is in the heaven, he came to know his meaning to others only when he is in the heaven.
He forgave, he gave thanks, he blessed the people he met in the heaven and moved on. Finally, after the five meetings, all the unresolved issues which he brought with him are resolved, the unsaid words and unexpressed feelings are expressed to his loved ones.
In "Tuesdays With Morrie", Morrie teaches us to forgive. And he shared with us a lesson he learnt from his life. He resented a friend for not visiting him when his wife was going through the recovery of an illness. And his resentment were for years. But, when he forgave the friend and wanted to see his friend again, his friend is no longer here. So, learn to forgive ourselves and forgive others while we can. For the readers, we learn to forgive ourselves and to forgive others. Well, to forgive and to be forgiven is just one of the many meaningful and life-changing messages.
In "For One More Day", the suicide of Chick Benetto drawn him once again to the modest home in which he grew up, and to his surprise, his mother is still in the house. During the day he spent with his mother, Chick Benetto regretted for the things he had done to his mother, wife and daughter. He regretted for not living his life positively. He regretted for being a coward. He regretted for not expressing his feelings. And he remembered the times his mother stood up for him and the times he let her down.
After spending a day with his mother(actually the time he is being rescued), he is no longer regretting and resenting over the past, and instead, he chose to start living positively.
All these stories and the life experience of Professor Morrie are actually teaching and reminding us to give life a proactive approach.
If you have unsaid words, speak up. If you have unexpressed feelings, express yourself.
The time is now. All of our power is in the now.
"It's never too late to do something, the time is now."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery-
PS. Everyone gets different messages and insights from a book, if you are also a reader of Mitch Albom's books, feel free to share your opinion. If you are not a reader of Mitch Albom's books, I urge you to read his books. You won't regret reading his books.
In the previous conversation we had, we talked about books, this time we talked about Mitch Albom's books. Both of us already read three of Mitch Albom's books, "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", "Tuesdays With Morrie", and "For One More Day".
And my brother shared his opinion on Mitch Albom's books with me. He said to me that his books is telling us an important message, which is to do what we want to do while we can, to say what we want to say while we can.
As we can see, in three of his books, we read about unsaid words and unexpressed feelings.
In "The Five People You Meet In Heaven", the 83 year-old Eddie came to know about the things that he done wrongly to the people that he didn't even know only when he is in the heaven, he came to know that there are unresolved feelings with his loved ones only when he is in the heaven, he came to know his meaning to others only when he is in the heaven.
He forgave, he gave thanks, he blessed the people he met in the heaven and moved on. Finally, after the five meetings, all the unresolved issues which he brought with him are resolved, the unsaid words and unexpressed feelings are expressed to his loved ones.
In "Tuesdays With Morrie", Morrie teaches us to forgive. And he shared with us a lesson he learnt from his life. He resented a friend for not visiting him when his wife was going through the recovery of an illness. And his resentment were for years. But, when he forgave the friend and wanted to see his friend again, his friend is no longer here. So, learn to forgive ourselves and forgive others while we can. For the readers, we learn to forgive ourselves and to forgive others. Well, to forgive and to be forgiven is just one of the many meaningful and life-changing messages.
In "For One More Day", the suicide of Chick Benetto drawn him once again to the modest home in which he grew up, and to his surprise, his mother is still in the house. During the day he spent with his mother, Chick Benetto regretted for the things he had done to his mother, wife and daughter. He regretted for not living his life positively. He regretted for being a coward. He regretted for not expressing his feelings. And he remembered the times his mother stood up for him and the times he let her down.
After spending a day with his mother(actually the time he is being rescued), he is no longer regretting and resenting over the past, and instead, he chose to start living positively.
All these stories and the life experience of Professor Morrie are actually teaching and reminding us to give life a proactive approach.
If you have unsaid words, speak up. If you have unexpressed feelings, express yourself.
The time is now. All of our power is in the now.
"It's never too late to do something, the time is now."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery-
PS. Everyone gets different messages and insights from a book, if you are also a reader of Mitch Albom's books, feel free to share your opinion. If you are not a reader of Mitch Albom's books, I urge you to read his books. You won't regret reading his books.
