quOtes from "tuesdays with morrie" by mitch albOm...

gO read it, if you havent...

(the story is not meant to make one sad.

it taught me the meaning of life.

my tears rolled when i read it back then.

and i know im not the only one.)

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep, even when they are busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."

"Once you know how to die, you know how to live."

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in..."

"As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become."

"You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean"

"Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness."

"You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too - Even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."

"I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both."

"Dying is one thing to be sad about, living unhappily is another thing."

"I need to respect my children worlds, or else this disease will have ruined the three of us instead of one."

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. and you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it."

"Death takes away life, not relationships."

and relationships can be very fragile - gee from my own experience..

beautiful lessOns from mitch...beri real...but whO really lives by it?

(btw, do they really look like this?)