How Will You Spend Tuesday?

An odd question maybe… or maybe not. Tomorrow is Tuesday, and I’m wondering how I will spend the hours of the day. How will you? Do we moan and groan that it’s only Tuesday, or do we celebrate another day to live, breathe and love?

I just read Tuesdays with Morrie, and the small book that took less than two days to read touched my life well past the weekend.

After traveling through the death process with my grandpop six months ago, I learned valuable lessons that both broke and opened up my heart. But the story of Morrie and his student, so brilliantly captured by Mitch Albom, reinforces living–even in the presence of death.

The main message Morrie impresses upon his student during their final thesis together? You have to learn how to die to live.

At one point, Mitch, a successful sports journalist, gets knocked around by reporters chasing the next big story in an airport. He remembers something Morrie told him…

“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 to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

When I sat holding my grandpop’s hand in hospice in his final days, he couldn’t talk that well. But when he did, he would look into my eyes and say one word: family.

I’m dedicating my life to love. Tomorrow is another chance to practice. See you there.

And in the words of Morrie, “Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.”