"Death ends a life, not a relationship" (174)
Death is so often thought of as an end to a relationship. How does Morrie explain that a relationship with someone lives on past death? In your life, do people that have passed away still hold a place in your memory? Do you still have a "relationship"?
When someone dies they aren’t just forgotten. Relationships between people still carry on even after the person is dead. Even though they are not there in person they will always be in your heart. The memories of people can only be remembered if you let them. As Morrie states in the book, “remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there”(174). Just because a person is dead doesn’t mean they are never going to be remembered. All the memories and the way you made a person feel will keep the memory of you around as long as they want it to be.
ReplyDeleteIn my own life I still think of my grandpa a lot. Even though he died when I was young, the relationship I had with him will never be forgotten. I think of all the memories I had with him and it makes his still seem like he is around. Even though I will never get to hug him again, or talk to him, I can always think of the times when I did. I can always take the teddy bear he gave me before he died and hug it. It makes me feel like in a way he is still around. When I think enough I can still see him, and hear his voice, even though it was a really long time ago the memories of him are so vivid in my mind because I want them to be. I will remember him as long as I want to. -brain18
Death is not an end of a relationship; even though someone passes they are still with you for the rest of your life. In the book Tuesdays with Morrie, Morrie was explaining to Mitch how even though someone dies they would still be with him for ever. Morrie said, “As long as we live we can love each other, ad remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on-in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here”. This quote is explaining that even when someone dies you will still have all of the memories you made with them, you will still love them even though they’re not there to show it to, and you will always remember them for how they touched you or inspired you in your life. In my life I have only lost a few people but they still have a place in my heart. I will always remember them for the love they showed me and for all the memories we had together. Just because they passed away doesn’t mean I will just forget about them they were a part of my life and always will be. You could say I still have a “relationship” with them, I will go to there graves once a year and take flowers, or if I did something that reminded me of that person then I think of the memory that we had together. They are still in my memories, heart and lives and always will be forever. -Pinky18
ReplyDeleteMorrie explains that a relationship lives on past death by saying that “As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on – in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here” (174). In my life people that have passed on still hold a place in my memory because they were important in my life and they still are today. I remember the things they taught me and all the good times I had with that person. Even today, it still bothers me to think about my grandpa’s death even though I was only 8 years old; I had so many memories of him. Even though I was only 8 he was a very important person in my life and we had a special relationship. I still have a relationship with him because I know somehow, somewhere he is guiding me throughout my life and only wants the best for me. There is this other person that has passed away and has held a strong memory in my life and many others as well because he was so young when he passed away and it shouldn’t have happened to him, but it did. He taught me to appreciate who we have in our lives because you never know when you will lose them or what your last words towards that person will be. I still sort of have a relationship with him and on his “angel day” we remember him by having a candle lit all day around his picture and my mom takes a candle over to his parent’s house and they just remember him. He is our guardian angel looking out for us every day and so for me that is maintaining a relationship with him. I guess if you really do still want a “relationship” with a person you have to believe that they are watching over you and you also have believe they were important in your life by remembering all the things they taught you. You should also remember the good times you’ve had with that person and remember any of the lessons they may have taught you, good or bad.
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Morrie uses the quote “remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever going away. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there”(174). to show Mitch that even though a person dies, they will always be with you no matter how much you feel that they are gone and they don't matter to you anymore. Even though somebody dies, they are alwasy going to be in your heart, you may not be able to hug them, kiss them, or see them everyday, but they will always be there to comfort you if you just remember all the good times you had with them. I can first hand tell you how hard it is to lose a family member. I lost my grandpa when I was ten and that was the hardest month of my life. My grandpa and I were as close as some kids are with their dad. My grandpa and I would go golfing every day after i got out of school and then we would sit down and have a cup of his famous homemade apple cider. I can hardly stand to think of him right now as I write this, but thinking of all the good times that I had with him gives me comfort in the fact that I will never get to do that with him anymore. He will always be in my hearts and he will never be forgotten.
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