Why The Five People You Meet In Heaven?
This is my second time reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom, a story that starts at the end of an 83-year-old mans life and shares how his experiences on earth are given light in heaven. I just recently loss my Maw Maw (grandmother), and as would be expected I am sad. While she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer over two years ago and I had more time with her than I ever imagined I would when she was first diagnosed, I am still having difficulties dealing with it. In her last months on this earth my prayers was that she not be in pain. I even prayed that God would take her peacefully in the night so that she wouldn’t have to endure the pain that in the end she did. So while her death released the helplessness and sadness I felt of not being able to pray and wish the pain away, it was replaced by a deep sadness for myself for my loss along with a desire to know if she is truly at peace and happy in heaven.
People think of heaven as a paradise garden, a place where they can float on clouds and laze in rivers and mountains. But scenery without solace is meaningless.
Just to give you some back story, Jim Jim (my grandfather and Maw Maw’s husband ) passed away a little over three years ago. These two people meant and mean everything to me, the love that I have in my heart for them and they for me was/is unmatched. When lifes dark clouds came my way (too often) they were always the sun breaking through the clouds and the rainbow after the storm. I admired them both and their relationship so much that I sought out a husband who was like my Jim Jim and aimed to create a marriage that was as solid and loving as theirs.
Revisiting the Five People You Meet In Heaven
When I lost my Jim Jim I asked myself the same question and somehow I found myself reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven, which happened to be in my collection of books yet I had never read it. Upon completing this page turner in an afternoon it gave me hope that the after life can be comforting and that the burdens of the world can all be truly laid to rest. With the recent passing of my grandmother I found myself seeking that same comfort, so I spent another afternoon in the bed reading The Five People You Meet In Heaven it once again has given me some hope that peace and happiness is possible in the after life.
All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time...
I refuse to believe that such awesome people will live all eternity without having complete understanding of their time here on earth and without keeping the positive memories and love of the ones they left behind. So in order for me to find the peace I need to continue to live a happy life, I will have faith that their souls are at peace and the love that we shared did not die with them.
Have you loss someone near to you? Where did you find your peace?
My biggest loss was that of my first born sons. Honestly it took me a while to be at peace with it. The main thing that helped was knowing that if they were to have lived being born so early they would have faced lots of medical issues, and have a very difficult life. The other way I found peace was within my friends and family that were still here to stand by my side and keep me lifted.
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