"Hey time, you're no friend of mine."

As the great songwriter Scott Stapp wrote; "Hey time, you're no friend of mine," it is something that many people resent. With time, memories fade, friendships die, opportunities cease, and eventually, all dies. It's a very dark and cruel thing, but it's just the way everything is.

But that doesn't mean it's all bad. There's always a good thing with it. While time brings death, it also brings life, new opportunities, and a chance to redeem yourself; a second chance.

Like in The Great Gatsby, it brings Gatsby another chance to reunite with his love, Daisy. Time separated them, and time drew them apart, but after time, it brought them back together for another chance. Gatsby tried his best to make take full advantage of this miraculous second chance, but he ultimately failed, resulting in his death, even though it wasn't completely his fault.

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As with most books, it honestly didn't impact my life greatly. It's not often people really are affected that much. They'll think for a couple minutes "Oh hey, that's a great idea," or "I think that was inspirational! I'm going to change myself for the better!" but it's rare that people will actually change. But I guess, during those few minutes of thought, I thought about how second chances are possible; you just have to take them. Just in case, however, it's better to take your first chance, in case the second chance, if it happens at all, doesn't go as planned. Unless you really want to fail at completely grasping your chances, because it's more than likely a possibility if you let your chances pass you by. They will eventually stop coming by. Luck isn't forever.

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I have regrets. I'm sure we all do. There's at least one thing in our lives that we regret, wish we could go back to change, or maybe even just wish had gone differently. It's human nature to want things to be as good as possible. But you have to make them so. You can't let these chances pass you by continually.

I think that's the main theme I was able to connect with from this book; second chances, redemption, and taking action in making the things you want to happen, happen.

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