Listening To Our Heart
Our work week comes to an end with this story from the life of Morrie Schwartz, as recounted by Mitch Albom in Tuesdays with Morrie. Morrie is nearing his death when he shares this insight with Mitch. It seems Morrie has learned the value of listening to his heart.
“I heard a nice little story the other day,” Morrie says. He closes his eyes for a moment and I wait.
“Okay. The story is about a little wave, bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He’s enjoying the wind and the fresh air—until he notices the other waves in front of him crashing against the shore. ‘My God, this is terrible,’ the wave says. ‘Look what’s going to happen to me!’ Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, ‘Why do you look so sad?’ The first wave says, ‘You don’t understand! We’re all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn’t it terrible?’ The second wave says, ‘No, YOU don’t understand. You’re not a wave, you’re part of the ocean.’”
I smile, Mitch says. Morrie closed his eyes again and said:
“Part of the ocean, part of the ocean.”
Ben Keckler
09.05.08
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