The Five People you Meet in Heaven is a short book, but a sweet book.
When Eddie, an old maintenance man at a amusement park dies, he is sent to heaven to meet five people. Each of them have a story to tell him about how he affected their lives. Their stories explain to Eddie the meaning in his life.
I loved this book and could not stop reading it. It takes what appears to be a grumpy old man, and shows you his life from his point of view. When all his life's most important moments are laded out, you start to understand his love, his hate, his pain, and his loneliness. The part that touched me the most, is that while you are learning all about him, Eddie is learning about himself. With a long life filled with an inner bitterness Eddie finally gets to see all those moments he missed. With each revelation he better understands his emotions and is able to let go of all his pain.
I felt sorry for Eddie while he was finding that he didn't really know as much as he thought he did. What seemed like little things to him at the time, ended up making huge impacts in his life that he could never have guessed. This book teaches us to think of the effects our actions can have, and also that sometimes what does happen is not our fault at all. That sounds confusing doesn't it? That you can be the cause of something, but at the same time it's not your fault since you didn't know the results your actions were going to have. Perhaps the main lesson is to forgive yourself and others for their mistakes. We all make some, after all.
Everyone wants to feel peace, and the thought that one day everything will be explained is something we all wish for. If heaven means no more what if's and why me's? then I think everyone will welcome it.
I think you should read this book. I give it 5/5
When Eddie, an old maintenance man at a amusement park dies, he is sent to heaven to meet five people. Each of them have a story to tell him about how he affected their lives. Their stories explain to Eddie the meaning in his life.
I loved this book and could not stop reading it. It takes what appears to be a grumpy old man, and shows you his life from his point of view. When all his life's most important moments are laded out, you start to understand his love, his hate, his pain, and his loneliness. The part that touched me the most, is that while you are learning all about him, Eddie is learning about himself. With a long life filled with an inner bitterness Eddie finally gets to see all those moments he missed. With each revelation he better understands his emotions and is able to let go of all his pain.I felt sorry for Eddie while he was finding that he didn't really know as much as he thought he did. What seemed like little things to him at the time, ended up making huge impacts in his life that he could never have guessed. This book teaches us to think of the effects our actions can have, and also that sometimes what does happen is not our fault at all. That sounds confusing doesn't it? That you can be the cause of something, but at the same time it's not your fault since you didn't know the results your actions were going to have. Perhaps the main lesson is to forgive yourself and others for their mistakes. We all make some, after all.
Everyone wants to feel peace, and the thought that one day everything will be explained is something we all wish for. If heaven means no more what if's and why me's? then I think everyone will welcome it.
I think you should read this book. I give it 5/5
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