Tuesdays with Curls

I'm back on reading books again. It's been awhile since I read a good book and finished reading it. I think because I have more time to read now. Been to Greenbelt and the first store I stopped by is the Powerbooks. I love going there and I enjoy reading some of their open books while sitting on on their couch. Hehehe!

I bought two books, Men Are from Mars Women Are from Venus (Starting Over) by John Gray and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. Have already read some chapters of the latter and here are some of the valuable lessons that Mitch learned from Morrie. These messages also struck me and want to share it with you:

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself creating something that gives you purpose and meaning”

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in. Let it come in. We think we don’t deserve love, we think if we let it in we’ll become too soft. But a wise man name Levine said it right. He said, ‘Love is the only rational act.’”

“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.”

“The culture we have does not make people good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.”

“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted”

Haven’t finished the book and I’m excited to learn more lessons from Morrie, It fells like I’m spending my Tuesdays with Morie too. Till next Tuesday!