My aphorism was, "once you learn how to die, you learn how to live". Morrie wrote this aphorism because before he was diagnosed with ALS, he viewed little fe like any other person. He didn't value it that much until he was faced with death. Are faced with death, it reminds you how important you life is. How you only get one chance. So when Morrie found out he had ALS, he started to live his life as best he could. He now valued his life more than anything, and saw how precious he was. So he spent his time doing things that were important to him, things he was capable of doing. Like sharing his aphorisms, spending time with loved ones, and continuing to teach his one remaining student every Tuesday.
Just like Morrie, people who know their death is soon and imminent want to spend the rest of their lives doing things that are important to them, and things they always wanted to do. There is a story I found online where a woman diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer has just months to live. So her final wish in her last few month of her life was to go on a family vacation with her husband and children to Disney World. As you can see by this, with only a few months to live, this must be very important to this woman to do in the final stages of her life, so she is doing it. Just like Morrie, doing worthwhile things in his final months.
I definitely agree with this aphorism because, after reading a real life account of a person spending the remainder of his life doing things that are important to him, it is impossible to disagree. I can understand, if I don't have much time left to live, I would want to do as many things I find important as possible. Like a bucket list, or even spending time with family and friends. When you don't know when you will die, you don't love your life to the fullest, but when your time is short, you will do everything you can to make it worthwhile.
Life isn't always fair.
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