Final "Tuesdays with Morrie" project, Aphorisms.

          The aphorism I have been given is "Once you learn to die, you learn to live."  Morrie's main message in this aphorism is that you really will not understand how to spend your life properly unless you "believe" that your time is limited. For example, as a normal person, later in life I would go for the job with the highest wage and the most opportunity to earn money. If I knew that I was going to die soon, I would much rather be doing something that I enjoy doing, and be spending much more time with my family, rather than my associates.

         This aphorism relates to something my dad once told me. He said, and I quote "people are so eager to grow up, that they don't realize how much nicer it is to be young." This sort of Nostalgia is what makes people cherish what time they have left as they realize they aren't to far from the end. It makes them realize that they may only have so many looks at nature left, almost forcing them by human nature to savor the final moments of a certain kind.

          I completely with Morrie's Aphorism "Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live" because as I've said before, when you realize your time is limited you are going to cherish the moments you have left. It's the same with eight grade. As I feel my time running out, I feel the nostalgic feeling and the sadness from having to separate from the rest of my class.

          "Life is like a roller coaster, it has its ups and downs, but in the end we all exit it." -Stanley Suter.