Hirokoさんの感想・レビュー

Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

著者 : Mitch Albom

• Anchor books

1年前くらいに友達のブクログの本棚にあって気になり、読みたいと思っていた本。

何度も涙が出ました。Morrie先生とMitchの心からの正直で素直な気持ち、本心に触れると、心に響きました。何度も思い出したい実話です。いつの間にか2人のことが大好きでそこに一緒にいて笑っている気分になっていました。
今から家族や愛する人を今日が最後かもしれないと思いながら大切にしたいと心から思いました。自分が生まれさせてもらったこと、今いる家族が奇跡ということを(どの本を読んでもそう思わされますが)、またも感じました。

"Are you at peace with yourself?"
"Are you trying to be as human as you can be?"
"Dying is only one thing to be sad over."
"You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."
"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."
"To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living."
"If you accept that you can die at any time then you might not be as ambitious as you are."
"Love each other or perish."
"Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent."
"Neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for."
"Offering others what you have to give. Your time. Your concern. It's not so hard."
"Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
"If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere."
"Do the kinds of things that come from the heart."
"They don't know who they are themselves - so how can they know who they are marrying?"
"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.
If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike."
Morrie believed in the inherent good of people. "People are only mean when they're threatened."
"Be compassionate"
"Love each other or die"
"Forgive yourself then forgive others."
"You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you."
"They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like."

*religeous muttという表現が面白い。覚えておいて、使いたいです。

感想投稿日 : 2012年6月29日

読了日 : 2012年6月30日

本棚登録日 : 2012年2月29日