A little piece of heaven.

Just recently, I finished my dorm mate’s copy of “Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom. I was so absorbed by the book that I got to finish it in just 4 hours. I always wanted to read this book coz I’ve heard good reviews and I see it as a must-read as it was so popular. I never really got the chance back in high school coz every time I am planning to use it for a book review project, someone is already using it. I never thought that I would get this hyped by this book and I never imagined how it came to change my perspectives in life.

The following are my most favorite lines in the book. They were literally stuck in my head for days and I couldn’t stop thinking about heaven and the people I would get to meet there and stuff. So here:

“Lost love is still love, Eddie. It takes a different form, that’s all. You can’t see them smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around the dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another one heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. Life has to end, love doesn’t.” - Marguerite

“There are five people you meet in heaven. Each of us was in your life for a reason. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on Earth. People thing of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless. This is the greatest gift God can give to you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for.” - Blue Man

“That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.” - Blue Man

“Fairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.” - Blue Man

“That’s the thing. Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you’re not really losing it. You’re just passing it on to someone else.” - Captain

“Love, like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to it’s roots, keeping itself alive” - Narrator

After I read this book. My perspectives have been really influenced a lot. Something in this book has really touched my heart. It gave me hope and peace. It actually got me thinking who will be the five people that I would like to meet in heaven.

There is nothing that can compare than knowing what is your purpose in life. What a luxury it would be if you will understand the reason for everything that you’ve done. Why things happen, why things happen to you and not to other people, how humans are all connected, why you meet people, and how one’s actions may affect another person’s decision without them even knowing it. Now, I feel like there is nothing that I do wrong. It is just meant to be.

I definitely recommend this book for everyone and I will most probably re-read it. That’s how much I love it!