GREAT novel!

Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to introduce to you my new favorite book.  It is  called Tuesdays With Morrie, and it is written by Mitch Albom.  This extraordinary novel is about a grown man and his old prodessor recommecting after many years or not seeing or hearing from each other.  Unfortunately, the reuniting is under bad circumstances.  The main character has an illness and will eventually find him.

There are more life lessons in this novel than there are in any book I have ever read.  This is why it is so meaningful to me.  I can connect with most of the themes and ideals that are said throughout the book.

Overall, I would strongly recommend this heart warming novel to any college-level or higher reader.

Change

The universe is so caught up in the idea that all this "change" is good.  This is because people are not happy with themselves.  Instead of promoting change, we must promote using what we have and being satisfied by our wonderful planet. Small amounts of necessary change can be good but too much unnecessary change leads to unhappiness. 

Change is the reason global warming is happening, the reason we have war, the reason we create such pollution on earth.  The most important thing that we could do as human beings is just take in the earth, reconnect to our roots and learn the proper lifestyle.  That is, being content with what is present now and not trying to change everything for the "better".   Instead of fighting for world peace we should realize that the peace is there the change for no reason is what is hurting us. 

 

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Reinhold Niebuhr    

Unemployment leading to unemployment

Currently, people are relying too much on others and not enough on themselves.  The government created this so amazing life saving thing called unemployment income.  It is basically easy money, well not so easy because it makes our society lazy.  If the government was not providing money to anyone who asks for it then more people would feel obligated to getting a job therefore leading our economy out of this small depression.  I do agree that some people are not capable of getting a job due to disabilities or child care however, more people are capable than not.  Unemployment leaves this leisure time for people to find another job after they are laid off or quit.  also, it unemployment did not exist, people would have to learn to save more money in order to reassure their assets will stay if they loose their job.  In 2010 "...an astounding 37 percent of people between the ages of 18-29 are unemployed or out of the workforce" states Akst in the essay 5 Myths About Generation Debt.  It makes me wonder what this percentage would have been if unemployment insurance did not exist.