Death has always been a topic I would rather avoid and one I have always found myself uncomfortable talking about or even having to think about. As I grow older however, I have learnt to accept that this is not something I can avoid my whole life, I have also found that denial of death is just postponing what one will have to deal with at one point, that being acceptance. Although today people talk openly about death and their feelings about the matter, this was not the case when I was growing up and specifically in my family. I remember when a relative or someone close to our family passed, my parents would mostly avoid the topic and very little would be said about the person. Everyone was expected to deal with the news and grief in their own way.
Reading Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson has been a sad and eye opening experience for me. It’s a story of life told in its most truthful form. It’s heartbreaking and at some points I actually felt like I was reading a love story, Heartbreaking but yet full of hope. The greatest lesson I got from Morrie was inspiration. The idea that if you are afraid of the pain and the grief then you can never experience love fully and truthfully. If you know what pain …show more content…
Due to its inevitable nature, we have to struggle and make the best of the times that we have with our loved ones here on earth. Making each day especially when the end is near was critical for Mitch. Managing to tell the story of death in an inspirational manner and without being sad really stood out for me. If I was to deal with death today, I would handle it differently and look at it from the dying person’s perspective. I now believe that it is selfish when we think of ourselves and how much grieve we will have ones that person leaves us; we should instead think of the dying person and how much pain they must be experiencing