Five Peopl Essay: Love, Heaven And Heaven Is For Love

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Every religion, every individual have faith in in heaven. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism and several more believes in it. People think of heaven as delightful, peaceful place to live. Many individuals think of themselves as a good enough person to be in heaven but it is all their expectations, and many people assumes themselves as a ruthless person. The idea of heaven in people’s mind is as a palace afterlife. Heaven, then, is not so much a place as a collective entity made up of good people who perform an important use, much as we ourselves are made up of individual cells and atoms that are essential to the full functioning of our body. How we behave now and what we do now is what determines that where we will live in afterlife. As been said that, “love is heaven and heaven is for love” this is the idea which explains us that heaven is full of those who love. And in the novel five
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To forgiving someone also showcases the love for that person. Ruby meets Eddie in heaven and she wants Eddie to forgive his dad for what he have done to him and she wants Eddie to forget about all the conflict and misconceptions that was between him and his dad. Ruby says to Eddie that, “holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do, we do to ourselves.” (Albom.141.). Ruby explains Eddie that he should forgive his dad for all what he have done to him because he is dead, he is no more around. She says that Eddie you might think that by not forgiving him you think that you are hurting your dad but no Eddie you are hurting yourself. And by holding anger and grudge for him in your heart about your dad you are hurting yourself badly so you should forgive him and should forget about it and let go of your anger because by holding anger you are giving yourself a slow

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