My father talks about the tension of opposites. It talks a lot about how to maintain a balance. And this is Mental Health Awareness Month. “I think he would be, you know, shocked as to I think there is a mental health crisis in this country. “This was one of the focuses of his life,” said Rob. Surgeon General recently described as a public health crisis. Morrie, a therapist describes it as “an inner ache” when we “are not connected.” It's something the U.S. 'The Wisdom of Morrie' examines loneliness. He tried to get it published and he wasn't really, you know, sophisticated in the publishing game,” said Rob. “This doesn't have any academic language in it.

Morrie tried to get the book published back in the early 90s. “This book is his thoughts and his feelings and his ideas on how to remain vigorous and creative and vibrant and joyous while you age.” He made the discovery in his family’s Newton, Massachusetts home, years after his father had passed. “I pulled open his desk drawer and there was this completed manuscript which I had remembered, you know, talking to him about. Now, more of the former Brandeis sociology professor’s insight is printed in a new book, 'The Wisdom of Morrie,” thanks to his youngest son, Rob, who discovered the manuscript. The book, full of introspective thoughts on life and death from a man who was dying, is even being used in educational curriculum.

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