Chains of Life

       In the story, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Eddie, has to meet five people that had an influence on his life. The first person Eddie had to meet in heaven was a man named Joseph Corvelzchik, or the Blue Man. Joseph told Eddie “ That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind “. This quote means that no matter how big or how small the act is, one decision can not only alter your life, but every life around you. It also means that there is always a plan. God has a plan for each of us, even if we cannot see it.

       When Eddie was speaking to the Blue Man , Eddie learned that when he was a child, his actions resulted in the Blue Man dying. Even though Eddie never meant to kill the Blue Man, when he ran out in the street for the ball, that action caused the Blue Man to swerve, to have a heart attack and ultimately to die. If the Blue Man had not seen Eddie in time, he could have killed Eddie instead. However, this was not God’s plan for either of them, so he saved Eddie's life.

       Later in in Eddie’s journey, he had met this woman that he had never met before. Eddie found out that the woman's name was Ruby, and that her and her husband had built Ruby Pier. Eddie had never known this woman, but she had a major influence on his life. Without Ruby and her husband building Ruby Pier, Eddie and his father wouldn’t have worked there. Which would have made not only Eddie’s life change drastically, but it would have changed his whole families life.

       The chains of life are what bond everyone together. No life is more  or less than any other, just like links in a chain.