Recently, I had the wonderfully fantastic opportunity to relax and read an entire book – something that hasn’t happened in months! My friend Rebecca, (thanks RB!), lent me The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.  Albom is also the author of another coveted favourite, ‘Tuesday’s with Morrie’.  This is a book which – if you haven’t already – you should read! It’s such an inspiring story and once you’re finished with the book, you can head over to YouTube to watch a documentary with the real Morrie Schwartz and be seriously inspired / look at life differently for at least a few moments.

Back to The Five People You Meet in Heaven, another inspiring tale with a look at life, death, and the meaning/relativity of it all. (There’s a theme here Mitch Albom…).  The story starts off with a rickety old man working as a carnival repair-man.  Throughout the book, it delves into his past and we/he discovers the hurdles he has faced over his lifetime that have added to his misery.  The repair-man, Eddie, dies suddenly in a carnival accident and we are then reading the story as a part of his afterlife.

Reading this book puts a lot of things into perspective – the effect we have on other people (even people we don’t know), the way that we are all connected and aiming for the same goals in life (happiness), and for me, it helped me to take a look at my own relationships and value them even more.

I finished the short book feeling revitalized. I’ll admit, it’s probably not a good idea to read both of these books back to back as you’d be over-loaded with ‘meaning of life’ thoughts, but I do genuinely recommend them.  They’re both pretty short too, so check them out.

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