01c. 1958 ADChildren forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
03c. 1958 ADDying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
05c. 1958 ADAnd on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a 'living funeral'. Each of them spoke and paid tribute.. Some cried. Some laughed. One woman read a poem: 'My dear and loving cousin.. Your ageless heart as you ,love through time, layer on layer, tender sequoia..' .. And all the heartfelt things we never get to say to those we love, Morrie said that day.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
06c. 1958 ADThe eighties happened. The nineties happened. Death and sickness and getting fat and going bald happened. I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
08c. 1958 ADLook. I know what I believe. It's in my soul. But I constantly tell our people: you should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we don't know everything. And since we don't know everything, we must accept that another person may believe something else.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
09c. 1958 ADThen, after showing the pill and some graphics, those same people appeared again, looking happier.The Reb and I watched in silence. After it ended, he asked, "Do you think those pills work?"Not like that, I said."No," he agreed. "Not like that.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
10c. 1958 ADWhat is it?”“A prayer.”“For a child?”She nodded.“For me?”Another nod.“On a tree?”“Trees spend all day looking up at God.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
11c. 1958 ADIf you accept that you can die at any time - then you might not be as ambitious as you areMitch Albom / quote ↗
12c. 1958 ADHeaven . . . is the same feeling. . . . No fear. No dark. When you know you are loved . . . that’s the light.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
13c. 1958 ADYou see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
14c. 1958 ADThe bride waits here," she said, running her hands along her hair, taking in her image but seeming to drift away. "This is the moment you think about what you're doing. Who you're choosing. Who you will love. If it's right, Eddie, this can be such a wonderful moment.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
15c. 1958 ADIt’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
16c. 1958 ADIt's not just other people we need to forgive, Mitch. " He finally whispered, "We also need to forgive ourselves.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
17c. 1958 ADHave you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
18c. 1958 ADBeing unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. It’s not so much, what’s the point? It’s more like, what’s the difference?Mitch Albom / quote ↗
20c. 1958 ADStrangers," the Blue Man said, "are just family yo have yet to come to know.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
21c. 1958 ADIn business, people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Maybe you're too used to that. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
22c. 1958 ADNow that child reminds me of something our sages taught. When a baby comes into the world, it's hands are clenched, right? Like this?"He made a fist."Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say 'The whole world is mine.'"But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned the lesson."What lesson? I asked.He stretched open his empty fingers."We can take nothing with us.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
23c. 1958 ADAnd is often the case with faith, I thought I was being asked a favor, when in fact I was being given one".Mitch Albom / quote ↗
24c. 1958 ADI don't know what it is about the food your mother makes for you, especially when it's something that anyone can make - pancakes, meat loaf, tuna salad - but it carries a certain taste of memory.Mitch Albom / quote ↗
