The book that inspired me

When I first picked up the book, what intrigued me was the title: Tuesdays with Morrie "" an old man, a young man and the last great lesson. Tuesdays with Morrie underlines the value of expressing our feelings about topics that we would rather not discuss but which are an integral part of our lives "" death, marriage and love. These are the lessons of life that cannot be taught in a classroom.

There are people who inspire us "" a favourite college professor, a relative, a neighbour "" but then we get too busy with work and that special someone whom we happily called our mentor, becomes a memory.

Tuesdays with Morrie is a heart-warming story of Albom Mitch's relationship with his college mentor, Morrie Schwartz, with whom Albom lost touch for 16 years. After many years Mitch finds out Morrie is dying. Following their first Tuesday together, Mitch returns regularly every Tuesday to listen to Morrie's lessons on "The meaning of life."

Morrie's lessons are simple, but in this complicated existence that we have become so accustomed to, they seem necessary. The book's essence lies in the line "how to give out love, and to let it come in." It is a short read, and worth it "" a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading and would love to pass along.

Anshuman Kankan, MD, Colt Telecom

Tuesdays with Morrie

Author: Mitch Albom
Pages: 192
Publisher: Double-day Books
ISBN: 0385484518