I finished Tuesday's With Morrie. I reviewed it in my review post.
I thought I'd cry but I didn't. As I mentioned in my review, it was depressing and there were motivational points. There was a phrase I took from it:
"How can I be envious of where you are when I've been there myself." -referring to age.
It's true. Younger people think they are better and know more than older people. They forget that the older people were their age once. I liked what Morrie said about how he's been young, he's been in his 30's and 40's, and now he's much older and can always relive those ages. A younger person can't relieve his/her 60's...'cause they haven't been there and can't know how it is, yet they go about life as if they know so much more. I can relate to this...being at the older age end nowadays...but I was never a "I know it all" to an older person. I've always respected them and want to listen to their lives and cry with them (but I try to avoid as much of that as I can now because it wears me down).
I think this book was geared toward people who are always on the run. Busy with work and making money, and spending money....like the author himself. I tried to understand that lifestyle but it's just not me. Everything I've always done since I was young was (and still is) about love and family and people I've grown to love who aren't family. So, I was a little annoyed by that in the book.