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But they all crossed your path before they died.

When I died, my life was illuminated by five others, and then I came here to wait for you, to stand in your line, to tell you my story, which becomes part of yours. 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…. To offer an introduction to the situation that he’s at, the blue man, who is the first person Eddie met explained it this way: We then follow as each of the five people explain Eddie’s life to him, that it is not all boring as he thought it was. And in there, he meets five people people, who have affected his life directly or indirectly, some of whom he doesn’t even know, who explain his existence. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a heaven that’s far different from how we, the living, picture it to be. Then unknowingly, exactly on his 83rd birthday, he’s suddenly killed in an accident, as he tried saving a girl from a falling cart from one of the rides. Mostly of his life was devoted to fixing rides at a run-down amusement park. The reader is introduced to Eddie on the very same day that he dies. The book follows the story of 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park, who’s questioning his existence. ― Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heavenįrom the author of Tuesday’s with Morrie, Mitch Albom’s new book answers the question why we’re here, the reason and purpose of our existence and what difference can we make in this world.

The five people you meet in heaven pages