another book review. this time on mitch albom's the five people you meet in heaven.

like albom's other book, tuesdays with morrie, this is yet another book expounding on the meaning of life. well, mika told me 'tuesdays' got a bit preachy at some parts. well, but i prefered 'tuesdays' with 'five people'. but the latter got a more creative narration. basically, it's about this average guy who dies and goes to heaven. and realises that heaven's q different from the typical perception. in heaven, there are five people that he'll meet who'll tell him more about his life. and yes... the wonderful insights come in. at parts, it's q motivating too. the main moral is that, everyone has a meaning to his existence.

but there's a sad part to albom's novels. his main characters have to be either dead (like eddy) or going to die (like morrie) to realise all these wonderful lessons on life. haha. but of cos, the point of him writing these novels is to bring forward these lessons.

each existence has its purpose. this is a truth which many of us lose faith in. my fren commented that singaporeans work v hard but they do not know wat they are working for. to some extent, this is true. however, i think it’s a matter of perception. and i believe if we have the faith in ourselves, we are able to find the meaning for our existences.

sorry i cannot substantiate this with any examples. but i’ve got this quote to share:

‘a great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society, and further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.’ –daisaku ikeda