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Tuesdays with Morrie is an emotional and inspiring story. The story is the final lesson between a college professor, Morrie, and his previous student, Mitch. After seeing his professor in an interview on the show "Nightline," Mitch is reminded of a promise he made sixteen years before to keep in touch with him. Morrie now has ALS. Mitch travels from Michigan to Massachusetts to meet with him for fourteen consecutive Tuesdays, up until Morrie passes away. During each of these meetings the two discuss different topics about life. Some of the topics include love, culture, marriage, and forgiveness.
Having a fear of aging is a big issue for many people even though aging takes a lot of time to process. “The whole field of thanatolgy has been opened but is not sufficiently recognized that fear of death is widely prevalent among older people. This is due to the fact that it is often a deeply repressed fear and is revealed only in the most oblique derivatives in the anxiety states and depressions of later life (Roth, 1978).” People fear disintegration rather than looking at the good things about aging. They also see aging as the process of gradual, but total, destruction. In life we are told what should come next and how it will make life better. We are told that the proper way to live is to finish school, find love, get married, get a job, have children, have grandchildren, and then grow old. By having greater expectations it makes it possible for people to look forward to life. But since people die every day people are afraid they are going to be next. There are many negative sayings about getting older. They include older than dirt, over the hill, old maid, old witch, old guard, and old fart. “In our youth-obsessed, death-denying cul...

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...ended the same church until I was in middle school. My Oma was my biggest inspiration because she accomplished so much in her life. Even though she died young for her age she still inspired me the most.
My Oma had diabetes and a year ago she got an infection in her foot. Her body was unable to heal the infection and then her body started to shut down. After she passed I was able to see her. Seeing someone right after they passed was a life changing moment for me. After someone pasts their bodies are just a shell. The soul inside is not there anymore. My Oma taught me how to be a loving sister and inspired me to follow my dreams. Without her influence I would have never decided to go to college. She taught me that family means more than anything in the world. No matter what happens or if there are arguments going on, you always need to forgive the ones you love.