Book Title: The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom 2

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Book Title: The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom 1

Book Title: The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom                                        December 6, 2013

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Many say death is just a slice of a cake, which no one wants to taste. It is a state, part of life where one loses his very breath and the soul departs from the physical body. Whatever it is, I am certain of one thing. Death is more than a feeling that ruins everything. Fate seemed to be unsympathetic with Tess Rafferty, Katherine Yellin, Doreen Franklin and Sully Hardling as they live through a life in agony after losing the persons who cared and influenced them in one way or another.

I deem it is just a call of desperation that ignited their curiosity about the voice coming out from their phones. A call from a stranger is somewhat bizarre, how much more a phone call from a person dead about two years ago? Those voices speak for one common thing… the feeling of living an afterlife. As an initial disposition, I guessed it is an excess of conspiracy but I know things are meant to happen. I salute Katherine for her courage to speak the truth. She attested the adage, “Faith can move mountains.” I guess her desire and longing to talk with her dead sister is her outlet of conviction. Upon bearing out her destiny, she changed everyone’s outlook about death and heaven but not Sully. On the other hand, I sympathize with Sully, his life’s bitterness and endless agony. Like Katherine, his courage also swayed everyone. His disbelief proved that the phone calls from heaven are truly an intrigue yet the clear outcomes speak for themselves.

The story of The First Phone Call From Heaven is a fiction that understands not in real life. It revolves on people that longs for a day of conversation with their parted loved ones. Way back nine years ago, when I was still a boy full of questions in my mind, I experienced this saddest feeling when my baby cousin died. I am clueless of why all of this happen, for what reason? There are times I caught myself dreaming of him and I conversing with each other… talking about heaven, what are they doing there and the likes. As I grow up, I know that dream is impossible. Alexander Graham Bell invented telephone for people to contact with other people, living and not for dead. Some people may look for the assistance of spiritistas and ghost busters to talk with their dead loved ones. No one knows if these are effective or just another way of fooling people but what really counts is the desire to express their unceasing affection and thanksgiving for them that matters.

After reading the book, my outlook about life and miracle somehow change. The author’s wisdom is persuasive that I started to doubt my views. Are miracles I hear from the news real? Are these things ture manifestation that God wanted to speak to people? What if these things from the news are somewhat a conspiracy, just creation of humans to persuade other people? I believe in God. As what the books says, Believing is different from faith. If Sully Hardling received the same phone call, will he linger to seek for the truth? Assuming that all is just a scheme, what is the prime motive of fooling people? Fooling the entire world?

I guess the phone calls from heaven are above wonders, I believe that there is a great reason why these are happening, whether by God or by humans. Tess Rafferty, Katherine Yellin, Doreen Franklin will individually serve as symbols of faith!