The Five People I’ll Meet In Heaven

On a recent flight from Curaçao (read more about that here), I finally had a chance to finish the very famous book The Five People You Meet In Heaven, which I got as a gift in from a friend way back when I lived in Calgary, and brought with me to Berlin, and then also to Toronto, and have sadly not had time made time to actually flip through the pages and read it. It was a riveting, emotional, and well-thought out story about the impact that seemingly unconnected people we encounter in our lives. And while so high up in the sky, I started thinking about something.

The people that come into our lives - for a season, a reason, or a lifetime - are somehow affected by us, and we are affected by them. And while I won't ruin the beautiful story (its seriously worth a read!), the loose premise is for us as people to realize that regardless of how small our interactions with others might be, or how minuscule they might seem, the impact of our actions can be literally life changing.

I was truly reminded that we are all on our own journeys in our lives, and we are passing by people for moments who are also on their own journeys (or struggles). And all that we can hope to do is try and be a positive impact to those around us. It's super easy to get bogged down in your own life and its many different directions, and I am just trying to remind myself to be cognizant of the impact we all make on each other, weather big or small.