After reading the novel Tuesdays With Morrie, There is a lot we can all take away from

this book. In every chapter I read out of this book​,​ there has been a life lesson mentioned and

broke down to help the reader better understand Morrie’s thought process and faith leading up to

his expected death. As a class, we were instructed to pick out one of these “life lessons” or

aphorisms and explain their meanings and give some different examples on where it is present.

The aphorism I chose is “Love is the only rational act” (page #52.)

First off, to clearly understand how I perceive the aphorism I chose, you must hear my

explanation. In my opinion, you should always be showing love and I believe anything else is a

waste of valuable time. I’m sure you can think of many examples of where this is NOT displayed

or in other words, “what it’s not”. Everyone’s opinion on this will be different as well, but I

believe the polar opposite of my aphorism would be having deep feelings of dislike or “hate” for

an individual or just anything in general.

I would like to explain what this aphorism means to me. In my life​,​ I have always been

taught since a very young age that you should always see the great in everything and everyone,

positives over negatives, pro’s over con’s, and overall just understanding that life is what you

make it. That being said, I specifically remember a quote from my Aunt that she always preached

to my older sister and I: “Love everyone and everything with no exceptions”. To this day, I still

carry those words with me in the back of my head wherever I go.

 In the novel, you can find the aphorism I chose “Love is the only rational act” on page

52. During the first tuesday with Mitch, Morrie said: “The most important thing in life is to learn

how to give out love, and let it come in.” Throughout the novel, Morrie emphasizes the

importance of giving out love and showing affection. He believes that a lot of people feel like

they do not deserve love and if they let love in, they will become too soft. He quotes Levine in

saying, “Love is the only rational act”. We later find out that morrie emphasizes this so much

because of the lack of love he received (or didn’t receive) in his childhood.

In today’s world you can see where this aphorism would save a lot of conflict in things

like war, discrimination, and many “crimes” associated with hate. In conclusion, not only was

this the most stressed/important lesson learned from reading this novel (in my opinion) but, I

strongly believe that if more people bought into this idea it could potentially make the world a

better place in general.