Reflection On Tuesdays With Morrie

Francheska Khylle Iglesia

DSMA4

PHILOMA

Reflection Paper:

Life is Priceless

Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale said by Hans Christian Anderson, but what if that fairytale has come to an end? Are you satisfied by the way you have lived it? What if death has come into place, will you drown because of the fear or rise up and be stronger and live your life to fullest? This is the kind of book that will make you realize that life has a goal. That you don’t need to tell yourself that you do not belong in this world. You have a purpose or a mission in the earth while you’re waiting the time that God will get you and live with him in the heaven. Tuesdays with Morrie is an eye-opening book. Every single

It made me realize that there is more to life than what I have experienced and what I am going through right now. It taught me to embrace everything and to appreciate the small things in life not just the greater ones. Because those small details that we tend to forget are the ones that are probably making us feel discontented. Morrie is the type of person that even if he is struggling when he knew that he has an ALS, he just made the scenario feeling normal, like he’s just making the most out of it. Morrie was an optimistic guy, he was never afraid of dying. When Morrie was still alive, he was a great friend. He made sure that everyone that would have a conversation with him would learn something. He believed that life is great and that 's what he wanted to share. That we should realize that we should spend more time with the people we love the most and not waste it on things that we think are more important. Because at the end of the day, no matter what you do, how far you have accomplished, they always got

As teen, what I care about the most is fashion, technologies, celebrities (wherein i really idolize them) and alike. It never occurred to me the reality of life. Seeing other people find some work just to make sure that their family can eat and have a peaceful life. The struggles of other people just for them to survive. That despite the challenges, I’m still blessed to have my family, friends, essential needs and people who loves and trust me. That I was given the opportunity to study, to travel, and to have what I want even if it’s not necessary. We get so insecure of those people who are more fortunate than us that we forget those people who are having less. Yet they seem much happier than we are. They are contented and satisfied with their lives. As Morrie mentioned, we are more focused on the egotistical things like career and money that’s why we end up regretting the things that we should have done. We feel that these things will help us until we die. We devote ourselves on chasing things that we think are important. That our goal is to earn as much money as we could so that we could impress the elites, we could be like them. Later did we realize that money is changing us into another person. Into another person that is not the real us. Wherein the quotation goes, “Money is the root of all evilness”. We substitute material things to cover up for love, time, and effort. Money can’t replace the warmth of hug your parents gave you, or the