Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.” —W. H. Auden, Morrie’s Favorite Poet
The Eighth Tuesday: We Talk About Money
I held up the newspaper so that Morrie could see it: “I DON’T WANT MY TOMBSTONE TO READ ‘I NEVER OWNED A NETWORK.’”
Morrie laughed, then shook his head. The morning sun was coming through the window behind him,
falling on the pink flowers of the hibiscus plant that sat on the sill.
The quote was from Ted Turner, the billionaire media mogul, founder of CNN,
who had been lamenting his inability to snatch up the CBS network in a corporate megadeal.
I had brought the story to Morrie this morning because I wondered if Turner ever found himself in my old professor’s position,
his breath disappearing, his body turning to stone, his days being crossed off the calendar one by one—
would he really be crying over owning a network?
“It’s all part of the same problem, Mitch,” Morrie said. “We put our values in the wrong things.”
And it leads to very disillusioned lives. I think we should talk about that.
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