2003-11-20 :: Tuesdays with Morrie

So, it's been a while since I last updated the diary. But to tell you the truth, there was nothing to put on here. Nothing worth telling you. Days been pretty normal, nothing that exciting. Troubles I had to go through was something I already experienced in the past and thus knew exactly how to handle it. Everyday's pretty normal, no drama at all.

What made me to sit in front of the computer and type what I'm about to write?

Well it's because I watched this movie at school in one of my class. "Tuesdays with Morrie"

Though it only was going to be another very sad yet educational video. But no I was wrong: yes it was sad and yes it taught us a lot of things but that wasn't it. It taught us a lot more.

There are some scenes that made me think a lot. And one of them is, about death.

I think in the past I put an entry asking about the purpose of our lives. We're here to born, to reproduce and to die. That's what I thought the life was for, regardless of whether we want it or not.

But now I think I've changed my view on our lives a bit. The meaning of life.

We're here to feel that we're alive. We aren't here to argue, we aren't here to work and we aren't here to earn money. We are here to feel happiness within ourselves. To feel that you love someone and to know that you are loved.

The most amazing thing about Morrie was that he was not afraid to die because he thought death was another way to feel the happiness. Death is there to break someone's heart, death is there to bring people together.

In a way I think it's true.

My brother was sick a few weeks ago, he had to go to the hospital before the dawn. It was a tough time but I felt a "family" bond. A bad way to feel it but in our lives we sometimes forget to communicate.

Anyway back to Morrie.. I don't know what to write anymore. We had to talk about it with our classmates after finishing watching the movie but really, all I wanted to do was to sit down quietly by myself fand think about it.

I think I'm gonna do that tonight.

I'll try to update more often, with something interesting to write about..

But till then, keep smiling.