Tuesdays with Morrie

I cried SO MUCH during this movie! I suppose you really get a lot of epiphanies when you're about to die. And you do a lot of reflecting. The question that struck me the most was the one asking if Mitch would have listened if Morrie wasn't dying. I think that yes, a person's death amplifies their words because you know that they have to choose their breaths carefully. You know that the fact that they're spending those minutes to share something with you is HUGE and that you have to value it and really take it to heart. You also know that nobody is going to try to trick you when they're about to die. They're going to be honest; they're going to tell you nothing more or less than the truth.
I liked Morrie a lot because he had obviously lived his life exactly the way he wanted to. The dancing convinced me of this. If you're 60+ and you actually dance, you must really be happy.
I also liked how he seemed to know everything and how he wasn't afraid of talking about anything. I wish I had someone who would come up to me and tell me everything I was afraid of and exactly how to fix it.
The hardest piece of advice Morrie gave was to keep the bird on your shoulder. I know that if I had a bird on my shoulder, I would not be spending quite so much of my time working and doing homework and sitting inside with my textbooks. But at the same time, I don't know what I'd be doing.