Originally published under the title, three years ago, this is Morrie Schwartz's enlightened and compassionate philosophy of living, written as he was battling the effects of als (Lou Gehrig's disease). Sadly, Morrie die...Originally published under the title, three years ago, this is Morrie Schwartz's enlightened and compassionate philosophy of living, written as he was battling the effects of als (Lou Gehrig's disease). Sadly, Morrie died before the book was published.