Tuesdays with Morrie

by Mitch Albom

“The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.”

Every day closer to death, Morrie felt connected, more and more, to all people suffering. But also the closer to death he came, the more he understood what it was teaching him about a kind of secret to living, to appreciating what you have. Since starting the Tuesday People podcast back in 2019, I've been going back to many of the audio recordings I have of Morrie. He said, explaining this, "The Buddhists say that you should be prepared to die at any moment because life is vulnerable. If you have that attitude, then you will do whatever you want to do without fear. Bust most people are afraid. I think that's one of the reasons why people accumulate so much money and power. It's an illusion. Live as fully and deeply as you can in the moment. It's doesn't mean you ignore the future or the past. But all you have is right now. Whatever you do is right now."