What did I learn from Morrie

I am currently reading Tuesdays with Morrie. The book tells a story of a dying college professor ( Morrie ) teaching his last class to one student ( Mitch ). As I read, I become one of Morrie's students. His class is about the meaning of life and the lessons in how to live.

1.  Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

2.  Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do.

3.  As you grow, you learn more.   

4.  Be compassionate.

5.  Be fully present. Be with the person you're with.

6.  Be more open.

7.  Death ends a life, not a relationship.

8.  Devote yourself to loving others.

9.  Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.

10. Dying is only one thing to be sad over, living unhappily is something else.

11. Every thing is impermanent.

12. Everyone knows they're going to die but nobody believes it.

13. Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.

14. Love always wins.

15. Love each other or die.

16. Love is the only rational act.

17. Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

18. Pay attention when your loved ones are speaking as if it were the last time you might hear them.        

19. 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.

20. Take responsibility for each other.

21. The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

22. The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and to let it come in.

23. What we take, we must replenish.     

24. When you are in bed, you're dead.

25. When you realize you are going to die, you see everything much differently.

Source:
Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Doubleday
ISBN: 0385496494

Question to readers

If you have read the book before, please tell me what did you learn or feel?