Intangible Professor
Professors lecture facts, while teachers help students learn lifelong lessons. Morrie Schwartz was both. His once "sparkling blue-green eyes, thinning silver hair that spills onto his forehead, big ears, an triangular nose, and tufts of graying eyebrows" became teary eyes, cluttered white hair, droopy cheeks, and loose skin that wrapped his immobile body due to a neurological dysfunction, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The disease caused Schwartz to gradually lose control of his muscles, starting at the legs, making its way up the body. As a man suffering immensely until the day of his death, Morrie had an inspiring and positive perspective upon many of life's elements including death, family, and culture. After being diagnosed with ALS, and told that he had only two more years left in his life, Schwartz decided to utilize his condition and help many illustrate the final days of his life, sketching the bridge between life and death. Schwartz knew that death was inevitable among all people. Making himself a research project, a human textbook, Schwartz believed that his narration would be of great value to th
ose in the same situation. As Schwartz stated "Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me" (Albom p. 10) Another pertinent element of life that Schwartz shared his views upon was family. That bond that exists between family members is much stronger than that of just love for another person. Family is the essence, the core, of human relationships. The basis for human love initially comes from family members. When a person is born, his first love would be his mother who provides food, warmth, and shelter. Schwartz agrees and explains, "...what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there's someone who is watching out for them" (Albom, p. 92). Family may be considered a form of spiritual security. You can rely on family being there and keeping an eye out for you. This spiritual security can only be obtained via family, not money, nor fame, nor work, nor anything else in the world. Schwartz's family's love and care helped him live easier through the disease. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lastly, Morrie spoke
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