Knowing something and understanding it were not the same thing. Mitch Albom More Quotes by Mitch Albom More Quotes From Mitch Albom Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Mitch Albom forgive-yourself able accepting Sometimes, questions are more hurtful than insults. Mitch Albom hurtful insult sometimes A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner. "Mom,guess what ?" she squealed waving the drawing . her mother never looked up. "what"? she said ,tending to the pots. "guess what?" the child repeated ,waving the drawings. "what?" the mother said , tending to the plates. "Mom, you're not listening" "sweetie,yes I am" "Mom" the child said "you're not listening with your EYES Mitch Albom girl mom mother A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people. Mitch Albom uplifting should-have people I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too." What?" I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind. Mitch Albom shots lost promise Sacrfice," the captain said. "You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Mitch Albom sacrifice regret thinking No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you. Mitch Albom one-thing teach people Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition. Mitch Albom brother running men No one gets left behind, remember? Mitch Albom left-behind behinds remember I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole. Mitch Albom war order believe God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song. Mitch Albom melody wonderful song Things that happen before you are born still affect you and people who come before your time affect you as well. Mitch Albom wells born people If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. Mitch Albom emotion busy way Love- the infatuation kind- 'he's so handsome, she's so beautiful'- that can shrivel. As soon as something goes wrong, that kind of love can fly out the window. Mitch Albom handsome kind beautiful What do people fear most about death? I asked the reb. "Fear?" he thought for a moment. 'Well, for one thing, what happens next? Where do we go? Is it what we imagined?" That's big. "Yes. But there's something else." What else? He leaned forward. "Being forgotten," he whispered. Mitch Albom next forgotten people People don’t die because of loyalty.” They don’t?” She smiled. “Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the death?” Eddie shrugged. Better,” she said, “to be loyal to one another. Mitch Albom loyalty government people Time," the Captain said, "is not what you think." He sat down next to Eddie. "Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning. Mitch Albom dying earth thinking How could he find perfection in such an average day? Then I realized this was the whole point. Mitch Albom i-realized perfection average I am every age, up to my own. Mitch Albom my-own age Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come. ~pg 4 Mitch Albom routine gone somewhere-else
