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What does it mean?
You meet five people in heaven to understand why they were in your life.
In plain terms
You meet five people to understand life.
What can you take from it?
People have reasons in your life.

Where it applies

  • meeting strangers
  • looking back
  • finding meaning

Putting it to work

  • value people
  • understand relationships
  • reflect on life

Questions to consider

  • Who are the five people?
  • Why were they in your life?

Another view

The number five is specific and arbitrary.

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