Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie

-by Mitch Albom

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One day, we talked about aging. Or maybe I should say the fear of aging.
On my ride from the Boston airport, I had counted the billboards that featured young and beautiful people. There was a handsome young man in a cowboy hat, smoking a cigarette, two beautiful young women smiling over a shampoo bottle, Not once did I see anyone who would pass for over thirty-five.

I told Morrie I was already feeling over the hill, mush as I tried desperately to stay on the top of it. I worked out constantly. I had gone from being proud to say my age to not bringing it up, for fear I was getting too close to forty and, therefore, professional oblivion.

Morrie had aging in better perspective.
"As you grow, you learn more. Aging is not just decay, It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it."
I said, "If aging were so valuable, why do people always says 'oh, If I were young again"

He smiled. "you know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lived. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning. because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until sixty-five."


EBS에서 하는 아침 방송 중에 하나인 모닝 스페셜에서 매일마다 들려주는 코너, Morning book cafe~
제니퍼 선생님이 이쁜 목소리로 읽어주신다. 토요일에는 제니퍼 선생님이 한시간 내내 진행하시는데, 파워 잉글리시와 함께 되도록 챙겨 들으려고 하지만 휴일 7시 반에 일어나는 건 생각처럼 쉽지가 않다 -_-;;

모리와 함께 한 화요일.
나온 지 꽤 된 책인데 아직도 안 읽어봤다;; 이렇게 들어 보니 꽤 괜찮은 책인듯...
내용은 쉬운 듯해 일단 원서로 지름 -_-b;;