Love each other or die. Tuesdays with Morrie written by Mitch Albom Here's a riddle; What is known by all denied by all rarely spoken by all and experienced by all? This book is a true story about a teacher and a student. Mitch had a favorite professor in college. Professor Morrie had fascinating lessons about human relations, and Mitch would take all of the classes he taught. He called Morrie "coach" and Morrie called Mitch his "player". Morrie is a delightful little man. He would go dancing and swimming, and made everyone feel special when talking to them. Mitch loved his professor for all of that and more. The lessons were interesting. Lessons like why silence is awkward as well as why trust is difficult. At graduation Mitch promised he would keep they would keep in touch, but then life happened. Mitch got a job as a sports writer and had a busy, high paying job. It was sixteen years since Mitch saw his old professor when he saw him being interviewed on Nightline about his slow death due to an incurable fatal disease called ASL. This is where the story begins.
Mitch takes one final class with his dying professor for twelve Tusdays. One student, no tests just a thesis, and lessons about life told from experience. The reader and Mitch slowly watch Morrie become incapacitated with his crippling disease, and eventually die. Morrie offers a unique point of view. What remains important as you sit helplessly waiting for death? Morrie tells us it is love. He talks us through the most important things in life and thoughts about aging, death, family, marriage, money, and what it means to die and let go. Morrie will become the readers favorite teacher as well. Dying is a part of life that everyone has to pass through, and hearing Morrie's dying words about death are impactful and moving.
Riddle answer: Death
