Lesson # 1: The Blue Man

Hello lovely peole, I am so sorry I haven’t written in a while…I have no excuse, I have, well I was busy, then I became free and really lazy,haha, but mostly because I wanted to write something really special and meaningful, not just another blog entry.

Since time is on my side, I decided to do this new thing called ‘Reading’ and not just Facebook Statuses or Archie Comics, but real stories books with..stories in them..It has really been a while for me,haha

Anyway, I heard rave reviews from friends about this author Mitch Albom, and decided to give his books a try. I started with ‘The Five People You Meet in Heaven’, and honestly…It Blew Me Away…


Now I know a lot of people say great things about a lot of things, sometimes too much to a point that nothing seems so great anymore. But really, this isn’t one of them. I was a non-reading post-reader and this book was my first in a while..But the second I opened it, I could not put it down (except when the clock was screaming 4am or 5am), yet, the story would play through my mind throughout my day and, it all just kinda became real to me…

Let me explain why,
Now I know most of you barely know me, and why on earth should you take my word as truth, but if you hate spoilers, please, read, the, book, now! But if you don’t go on ahead and read my post =)

The story’s basically about this man, Eddie and his life (well more like death). He dies, and before he reaches ‘heaven’, he needed to meet 5 people whom all had a lesson to teach him about his life. Five very crucial and significant lessons.

Lesson # 1 by The Blue Man

First line that hit me was when the blue man said that in ‘heaven’ (not actually heaven, just a made up version of it), when you first arrive, you can’t talk. He smiled and said,

1.) “It helps you listen”

They go on talking and then he says something that really was revelational,

2.) “Strangers,” the Blue Man said, “are just family you have yet to come to know.”

And finally ends it with

3.) “No life is a waste,” the Blue Man said. “The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone”

My Point of View:

1.) I really felt like lately God has been speaking to me about the importance of listening to people. I remember these tweets that really spoke to me

"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble." - Frank Tyger

''The first duty of love is to listen.'' Nicky Gumble

And it’s so true. Sometimes, listening is all we need to do. I do believe there needs to be a time to talk and respond, but the power of truly listening and processing and just putting thought and heart into what someone else tells you is so much more worth it than just reacting to words.

All must be done in balance obviously, but, just listening every once in a while, to everything (tone, body language, gestures, language, etc…) and you’ll really know the person a lot more =)

2.) Sigh, I think God really gave me a heart to be friendly and family to people. When I read that line about strangers being family..It was bizarre, because it’s like I have had those thoughts before, but never phrased in that sentence,haha (feeling slightly plagiarized!)

I am a big family gal. I love the thought of gathering together and just feasting, talking, joking, hang out, sharing…And it’s strange cause I’m an only child and now it’s just my mom and I at home. All the people I do dos with are ‘strangers’, well they were. Now, I could *never* imagine life without them. And it’s not like with friends, the people in my life whom I am very close to are my family. I would die for them, give my kidneys, loan all my money, do *anything* out of love, because, that’s exactly it, I love them so much… =_)

I think it’s important to never underestimate a relationship& to just put hope in it, to see new people as family yet to happen =)

3.) My almost whole teenage life I grew up crying every night to the thought that no one really wanted me and that I was going to die a lonely old person.

My biological parents gave me up (never tried to raise me) and, my father chose alcohol over me and eventually died because of it…Now it’s just me& my mom and as much as I try not to, the thought of “What if she dies tomorrow?” always plays through my head.

God has been good to me, in that He fills me up with so much reassurance and love that even though I don’t have specific answers, I can sleep through the night knowing “I’m okay, God Loves Me”.

We need to remember that God Is Enough. And that obsessing over ‘what ifs’ are really not worth it. He made us, this life was meant to be us& Him. When we die, we go back to Him. People come, but people go, and that’s a definite. What or more like Who stays, is God =) Never live life missing out on that. It’s just such a shame and pity and a huge huge loss. It’s just not life without God. And you wouldn’t know it unless you know Him. He, is, SO Wonderful…

Yes, there are 4 other people, I know,hahah..I’ll get to them later on. Just hope you’ve learnt something from this entry =)