I recently finished reading the book: The five people you meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. The book starts off with an ending. It starts off with the final hours of life of Eddie an 83 year old head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. He dies in a tragic attempt of saving the life of a little girl when a cart ride falls off. The story then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. The book is divided into three different sections of story throughout the whole story. One of them are The life after Eddie's death, Eddie's birthday's each year followed by cakes and candles, and lastly Eddie's life in heaven where he meets five people that without him realizing made a great big impact throughout his life. Each of the soul's Eddie meets has a different story to tell and a lesson to be learned. Throughout all of them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life.
This book makes you realize the true meaning of life, and life after death. It will make you think about all the people you have met, and believe it or not, you realize they had all made an impact in your life. It gives you a different perspective on Heaven you always here the typical stereotype that Heaven is perfect and it is all you want it to be but, in the book heaven is what you least expect it to be. Yet, you seem to love it.
Eddie died living a grumpy lonely and sad life. He didn't realize all the things he accomplished. In heaven he learned the reason why he was in war, why he married the love of his life, why his father treated him the way he did, why he ended up working at the Amusement Park, and why he gave his life to save the little girls' life. Everyone has a purpose in life, by reading this book you dig a little deeper to find yours.
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