the five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom

It’s mine.” The Blue Man, The First Person Eddie Meets in Heaven (p. “Do you understand? Why we’re here? This is not your heaven. “When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.” The Blue Man, The First Person Eddie Meets in Heaven (p. It is the peace you have been searching for.” The Blue Man, The First Person Eddie Meets in Heaven (p.

This is the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life.

But scenery without solace is meaningless. People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. Each of us was in your life for a reason. “There are five people you meet in heaven. And heaven itself has many steps…’” The First Person Eddie Meets in Heaven (p. But heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners. People often belittle the place where they were born. ‘Why? Because this is where you grew up?’ Eddie mouthed the word Yes. ‘Heaven.’ NO! Eddie shook his head violently. “‘Where do you think?’ the Blue Man asked. But the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.” The Arrival (p. It might have seemed ridiculous to anyone watching, this white-haired maintenance worker, all alone, making like an airplane. He lowered his chin and held his arms out like a glider, and every few steps he would jump, the way children do, hoping running will turn to flying. “He ran down the heart of the old midway, where the weight guessers, fortune-tellers and dancing gypsies had once worked. You might say something smart on your way out, but you might just as easily say something stupid.” The End (p. “How do people choose their final words? Do they realise their gravity? Are they fated to be wise? … As far as could tell, when your time came, it came, and that was that. “Every life has one true-love snapshot… For the rest of his life, whenever he thought of Marguerite, Eddie would see that moment, her waving over her shoulder, her dark hair falling over one eye, and he would feel the same arterial burst of love.” The End (p.

The five people you meet in heaven by mitch albom