the five people you meet in heaven

Bought this particular book ages ago but never got round to reading it. Well, was somehow reminded of its high reviews and its existence on my bookshelf. And yes… I finally read and completed it... yesterday.

The book sheds light on how the world is a web of stories - interconnected and related to one another. It told of the main character whom after his death, awakened in the afterlife and met five people who explained his earthly life by sharing their stories with him - how each of them had changed his life's path.

There were plenty of quotable quotes and beautiful phrases. But one particularly caught my eye because of the simplicity in its words but power in its meaning... one which led me to curse myself for not bookmarking it when I had first chanced on it as that would’ve spared me the frustrated impatience of scanning through the pages over and over just to find it again… one that spoke about lost love and how the main character put his heart to sleep by letting his days go stale after the death of his beloved wife.

Well here it is and I quote:

"It is never hard to act ordinary if you feel ordinary, and the paleness of surrender becomes the colour of Eddie's days".

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I think…
It’s just profoundly scary how powerful true love can be…
How it can impact two extremes, both positive and negative…
How when present, it colours, brightens and enriches one’s life…
Yet how when lost, it strips one of any feelings of importance or worth, and all colours cease to exist except that of the paleness of resignation...

I wonder…
If I were the main character, who would be the five people that I would meet?

And I wonder…
If I could stand in line as one of the five people in someone’s life, whose life would it be?



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The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom