The five people I might meet in heaven

I just finished reading the novel by Mitch Albom.It begins with the end of a maintainance worker at an amusement park. He is Eddie, the protagonist, who enters heaven and meets five people who help him comprehend his life, which he strongly believed was worthless.Life after death is the interesting angle explored in this book.

Bland language, with a few interesting quotes here and there, this book may serve like a snack during work.

But then, what really stopped me for a while was the thought that who would be the five people I would meet in heaven. A fictitious work, may it be, but then there’s nothing wrong in checking out, ain’t it?

Five people who influenced my life-  the way I am.It’s difficult to point out. There may have been predecessors whose sacrifice was my life, there may have been people whom I sacrificed for, there may have been lot more intricacies about the relationships I’ve had,it way too complex. But one person, I really yearn to meet and I am sure to meet is my father. I know he’s waiting up there to ask me one thing he never forgot to ask- “Did you do your best out there?”. I am confident that when I go up there-he would be there  with sparkling eyes, trying to hide that serene smile to his arm on my shoulder and asking me- “how did it go?” It was just as if yesterday that we left home on our scooter to school- when my father would walk me till the main gate, put the bag on my back, hand over the water bottle and say bye. It was just as if a few hours ago, that we walked into my college clutching my green certificates’ file and the little grey cash bag. His voice still lingers in my memory when he said -” no matter where you go, even abroad, I’m going to come and drop you”. There is a quote in the book which reads- “Fairness doesn’t govern life and death. For if it did, no good man would ever die young.” How very true.

Another person I can think of, who would be desirous of meeting me in heaven, assuming that he’d die before me- would be a person called MR. He was my teacher in 11th and 12th.I’m sure he would have something to say. He belonged to that fragile transitional phase of my life which is still afresh in my mind. A phase that surely has a long lasting impact on my life.It’s neither admiration nor abhorrence I have but a mere acknowledgment  of the fact that he was influential.

Not many love me. Nor do I. I’ve always held the view that most of the love one experiences is obligatory. Very few get to see the core of your character- let alone like it and love you for it.So, apart from these two I don’t think anyone would be there to meet me in heaven, not if  they’re still alive back here.But there’s one person whom I’d wait for in heaven to tell him how much I’ve always admired him and would continue to do so, no matter where I am. He is my godfather.