The Thirteenth Tuesday We Talk About the Perfect Day

People often  think the perfect day should be something extravagant and fancy.  Instead, Morrie only wants an average, typical day.  Why?  What kind of day would you want if placed in Morrie's shoes?

The Twelfth Tuesday We Talk About Forgiveness

Morrie says there is no point in vengeance or stubbornness.  Having too much pride and vanity causes people to not forgive one another or even  themselves.  You must forgive yourself and others before it is too late.

The Eleventh Tuesday We Talk About Our Culture

Morrie believes our culture does not make people feel good about themselves.  People are too distracted by tabloids, gossip, celebrities, and sports.  Morrie says that you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.  Instead, create your own subculture, decide for yourself what is important and what deserves value; think for yourself instead of letting society determine what you think and value.

The Tenth Tuesday We Talk About Marriage

Mitch believes his generation struggles with commitment.  Too many people get married only to separate a few years later.  Morrie feels sorry for Mitch's generation because he believes its important for people to find a loving relationship with someone because culture does not provide that.  According to Morrie, people today are too selfish to take part in a real loving relationship, or they rush into marriage only to divorce months later.  Those people don't know what they want in a partner nor do they know who they are themselves.

The Ninth Tuesday We Talk About How Love Goes On

Morrie does not think he will be forgotten after he has died.  He says he has "so many people who have been involved with him in close, intimate ways.  Love is how he will stay alive, even after he is gone.

The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money

Morrie says that money is not a substitute for tenderness; neither is power.  He knows this because he is dying and neither would give him the feeling he is looking for, no matter how much of both he had.  People today are confused over what they want versus what they need.  People are consumed by "things" and think that we get satisfaction from those "things."  What truly gives people satisfaction should be devoting themselves to loving others, the community, and creating something that gives purpose and meaning by offering what you have to give (not money).

The Seventh Tuesday We Talk About the Fear of Aging

On this day, Mitch and Morrie talked about aging and how people fear it. Society puts pressure on people to stay fit and look good.  Mitch is terrified of aging so he does everything he can to appear young.  Morrie's perspective was much different than Mitch; he doesn't buy the emphasis on youth because young people are full of struggles and emotional strife.  Young people are not wise, they know little of life and are easily manipulated.  As Mitch fears aging, Morrie embraces it.

The Sixth Tuesday We Talk About Emotions

Morrie believes that we must learn to detach ourselves from emotion.  We must not cling to things because if we do, we become impaired.  Instead, we should let an emotion overtake us completely so that we may feel its full effect.  Once we do, we leave the emotion by detaching, rather than dwelling on it (don't be consumed by emotion!).

The Fifth Tuesday We Talk About Family

According to Morrie, family is most important.  It provides a foundation; without it there is no secure ground upon which people can stand.  Family should provide support, love, caring, and concern.  It does not leave as friends do.

The Fourth Tuesday We Talk About Death

Morrie believes that when you are going to die, you see life much differently.  You strip away all the nonessential things in life and focus on what is truly important, making room for spiritual things and casting away materialistic things.

The Third Tuesday We Talk About Regrets

Morrie believes that our culture does not encourage people to think about regrets until they are nearing their dying day because people are always looking forward.  People never stop to think about what they are missing, so they never have regrets.

The Second Tuesday We Talk About Feeling Sorry for Yourself

Morrie tells Mitch that he sometimes feels sorry for himself in the mornings.  Morrie would mourn what he had lost (bodily functions) and how he was dying.  After a "few tears" though, he would stop and concentrate on all the good things in his life.

The First Tuesday We Talk About the World

On the First Tuesday, Morrie says that since he is now suffering, he feels closer to other people who are suffering.  He feels as if their anguish is his own; he even cries when thinking about other's suffering.