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One of the many indignities Morrie faces with respect to being dependent on others for his basic needs is his need to ring a bell when his head needs adjusted when he has to "go on the commode" (Albom, 1997, p. 56). Morrie must depend on his small army of home care workers to attend to his feeding, mobility, and toileting. Mitch thinks Morrie would be depressed over this. Morrie admits the way he handles it is to put a limit on the daily amount of mourning he allows himself. "Sometimes, in the mornings...that's when I mourn...A little each morning, a few tears, and that's all" (Albom, 1997, pp. 56-57). After this, Morrie focuses on all the positive things in his life, like his visits from Mitch and the fact he is lucky he has so long to say goodbye to his loved ones. It is primarily Morrie's attitude that permits this ability to see the positive in his otherwise dour condition, "It's only horrible if you see it that way" (Albom, 1997, p. 57).

I think there was a great degree of mutuality in the benefits stemming from Mitch and Morrie's Tuesday meetings. Morrie admits that one of the ways he copes with his illness is by thinking of these visits and of Mitch when it is Tuesdays, since they are "Tuesday people" (Albom, 1997, p. 57). Morrie is not alone because of Mitch and their visits provide him with hope and something to look forward to. However, Mitch gains much more from these visits because of the invaluable insight and wisdom he le

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he love of many people. Most people would want to die that way. Why I believe this is because Morrie did not choose to get ALS. Rather, he chose to deal with ALS in the most positive manner he could in order to learn about life and living and death as much as he could. We see Morrie thinks his illness is a terrible test but one he chooses to endure in a positive manner. Albom brings up the Biblical character of Job, a symbol of suffering. When he asks Morrie what he thinks about God's actions to Job, Morrie replies "I think he overdid it" (Albom, 1997, p. 151). So I think Morrie would have opted for a less devastating manner of passing of if could have had his choice. Six Morrie admitted to Ted Koppel that he still feels pain over the loss of his mother decades ago. My experience with loss is very similar to this. I had a childhood friend who endured everything with me as we grew up. We played at each other's homes, we went to classes together, we had sleepovers and we were always there for each other. When my friend was taken in a car accident I could not believe the intense pain of this loss. It pervaded every fiber of my being and made it difficult to want to get out of bed or get dressed. Though my fr
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