Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

by Mitch Albom

“Last night ...” Morrie said softly. Yes? Last night? “... I had a terrible spell. It went on for hours. And I really wasn’t sure I was going to make it. No breath. No end to the choking. At one point, I started to get dizzy ... and then I felt a certain peace, I felt that I was ready to go.” His eyes widened. “Mitch, it was a most incredible feeling. The sensation of accepting what was happening, being at peace. I was thinking about a dream I had last week, where I was crossing a bridge into something unknown. Being ready to move on to whatever is next.” But you didn’t. Morrie waited a moment. He shook his head slightly. “No, I didn’t. But I felt that I could. Do you understand? “That’s what we’re all looking for. A certain peace with the idea of dying. If we know, in the end, that we can ultimately have that peace with dying, then we can finally do the really hard thing.” Which is? “Make peace with living.”