Entry 0046: tuesday with Morrie

Just finish reading the book "tuesday with Morrie"

It's a good book that inspires me a lot.

Throughout the reading process, I did some highlighting...

Page 43.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life.

That depends how you define meaningful...what did I use my time for most of the time?

I surf the Internet, I watch TV Series, I read Comics, and I talk to friends, relatives, and families. I buy model kits, but never assemble them, I download videos, e-books but I never have time to finish them all, I buy gashapon and place them all over my living room, and I listen to HK radio programs, and try to learn from it. I started reading, a hobby I had been neglected for a while. How many of the things I do now is actually meaningful?

Page 52.

Love is the only rational act.

I tasted love, it walk into my heart and it walk away, I felt lonely until I realize that there are different flavors of love surrounding me. I am still seeking love, while cherishing the love I have.

Page 82.

Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

I am not immortal; there will be a time for me. My time might be far from now, or it might come tomorrow morning. I might not be able to see tomorrow sunrise, so, try to taste every different things before it’s too late…

Page 91.

Love each other or perish

Families are bond together by love, friends are bond by love. I still don’t have a soul mate yet, but I believe I’ll find my love.

我要從茫茫人海之中撈翻條蘇眉返來﹐哈哈﹗

Page 93.

There is no experience like having children.

I see friends having children, they enjoy every moment with the younglings, looking at them, I realize how my parents love me, how they were when I was young, before I have memories. Mom and dad, I love you.

Page 111.

Their wealth did not buy them happiness or contentment.

I am in a kind of bad situation right now because I aim for money, nothing but money. I learned the lesson.

Page 118.

You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Lives that haven’t found meaning. Because if you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back.

I always wish I could go back to the early years of my life, made my choice again, walk a different path. The older I get, the more I think about the people I meet along the way. I begin to wonder, if I walk a different path, I wouldn’t have meet all these wonderful people, I wouldn’t taste the friendship this way. Things might turn out to be better but I am happy with what I have now.

Page 119.

envy comes to me, I feel it, and let it go.

Someone else always drives a better car, own a bigger house, have a better job. They can have what I want for life in a finger tip, am I gonna envy them, or I shall work towards them…

Page 149

Marriage: respect the other person, compromise, talk openly about what goes on between the two, and have a common set of values in life.

I believe in communications.

Page 157.

Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.

I am doing that right now, even before I read this chapter. Guess I did something right after all.

Page 163.

Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.

Page 164.

Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.

It reminds me of my pass, all those mistake I made, and the mistake the others had made, it’s best to let it go.

Page 173.

We are different from these wonderful plants and animals.

Read the book and find out why.

Page 174.

Dead ends a life, not a relationship.

Love lives in a form of memories, as long as those who love you lives, you’ll lives among them. I lost an uncle recently, although I only met him once in my life, but I still feel him pretty much alive in my memories.

Page 190.

There is no such thing as “too late” in life.

Go ahead and tell those you love that you love them.

There are priorities in life, I’m still trying to define my list of priorities…

I might highlight a totally different portion of the book if I have the time to read it 10 years from now. I’ll just absorb what I learn from Morrie and Mitch this round.