RUTH F. (ruthy) reviewed on 4/14/2008 + 56 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 8

Surprisingly, my elder son (college age) who claims not to believe in heaven or God and knows my personal emotional tug of war with my mother on "church", gave me this book. That shows to me that this book can touch people of all ages and beliefs. What happens when we die? Where do we go? These are questions we all wonder about some time in our lives. I think that most important of all is the question - "did my life make a difference?" This is the question that this book talks about through the fictional life of an ordinary man who never achieved "great" things or lived up to his idea of potential. This book tries to convey that a life does have meaning far beyond what one might expect or imagine. We are all stepping stones in life's pathway or keys to a lock in time and not always to people we'd expect to affect. So I've taken the message to be one of everyone does matter and we are instrumental in many of the least expected ways. The book is very easy to read and takes very little time. It is well-written - almost like a play in many ways. It has no religious leanings. But it is VERY philosophical in a very sweet way. Most people will shed tears when they read this if they are open to the message the author tries to convey. But they are happy tears.

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