The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Every little thing you do, big or small, has always an effect to somebody. A string connects each one of us: a person's action that happened in the past, is happening at the present, and will happen in the future, conscious or not, has a significant part to another person's life. AND the other person's life or death depends on that single action.

These are some of the insights I have gotten from the book "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". I can't remember who the author is, but he's the same author of "Tuesdays with Morrie". When I started reading the book, I just couldn't stop reading it until the end. It's the kind of book you'll definitely read in one sitting. In the story, the author described heaven as a situation where someone would understand all that happened in one's life, specifically those events that really bothered that person throughout his or her life and was not able to find the answers at the time when he or she was alive. The specific events may seem not significant at first, but as the person meets the five people who has been affected by that person's single action (conscious or unconscious) and realizes what his or her action has done to them, the person will then be enlightened, thus, the feeling of peace will blanket his or her soul. It's like being in a state of equilibrium: where there are no unbalanced forces crowding in one's mind about what one thought has happened and what really has happened. It's also like having a glimpse of God's view, where one knows and understands the string which connects everyone.

I really loved this book. Not the kind of religious books where someone is preaching you and you always nod and say "Amen". I recommend you read this (And I'm planning to buy and read it again) :)