Good morning, and welcome to another edition of "Cup of Chat", I'm your host Jewls Ashner. Today is a very special show dealing with the meaning of life. So often we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life that we forget what is truly scared and important in our lives. More than we would like to admit we get sidetracked with insignificant things that don't' amount to a hill of beans in our life. With us today are two very special guests that are going to shed some meaning into our lives.
             Our first guest was diagnosed with a deadly debilitating disease that was not only stealing his life but it was teaching him how to live. Please welcome Morrie Shwartz. Hello Morrie and welcome to "Cup of Chat", it's so good to have you here. Thank you Jewls it is so good to be here. Morrie you are inspiration to so many, your wisdom and courage embraced death to find the meaning of life. Most people would have buried themselves in their grief and self-pity. But you faced it head on with such an optimistic outlook. Well Jewls this disease actually was good for me it put a lot of things in perspective. Though it did take away my ability to do the easiest of tasks, such as taking out the garbage, in return it gave me the time to sit with my dwindling days and look at What I think is important in life (pg 50). Don't get me wrong it was hard to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But its also wonderful because of all the time I get to say good-bye. (pg 57)
             I know Morrie if I were in your shoes, I could not have looked at this so optimistically. Well Jewls sometimes in the mornings I would feel sorry for myself and I would cry. I would mourn the slow insidious way in which I was dying; then I would stop and concentrate on all the good things in my life, such as my family and friends and everyone else who comes to visit me (pg 57). Morrie what are some goods that you value in your li...