A Letter to Morrie

By Shruti Gupta

3rd Year, BA Sociology Honours

Editor: Ayushi Rani

Dear Morrie,

Now that I’ve journeyed through your Tuesdays with Mitch, I find myself reflecting on life with a new sense of urgency and tenderness. Your words, like seeds, have been planted in my heart, and I feel them growing with each day.

You once said, “Now that I’m suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer than I ever did before.” That vulnerability, that raw connection to others in pain, is something I’ve often avoided, perhaps out of fear. But reading your reflections has made me realize that it is in our shared suffering that we truly find the depth of our humanity.

You spoke so calmly about death, embracing it as the final, inevitable teacher. “Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live,” you said. I wonder, Morrie, how did you cultivate such grace in the face of so much fear? I am beginning to understand that accepting the end makes each moment richer, fuller but it’s a lesson I still struggle with.
And love, oh, how you understood it so completely!!

Though we’ve never met, you feel like a mentor from afar, a guiding light in the darkness. Your wisdom will stay with me, not as words in a book, but as lessons to live by, on love, on loss, on living with purpose.

Thank you for reminding me of the beauty in vulnerability, the power of connection, and the importance of truly embracing life.

With heartfelt gratitude,  
Shruti