“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”
This is a profound book. Do not read it unless you want it to influence your thinking about time.
We all keep track of time – the days, the hours, the minutes. Some of us want more time and some of us wish it would go by faster. Are we ever content just being where we are?
The Time Keeper tells the story of three people and one of them is Father Time – the first person to keep track of time in humanity. He wants more time and he is given it by watching as time goes by, but never getting older. Until, on Earth, there are two people he can help put time in perspective – a sick man who wants to live forever and a teenage girl who wants time to go by faster. He is sent down to Earth to understand their lives and intervene at the right time to show them what is truly precious.
Both the man and girl create situations for themselves where they are lonely, even though they are not alone. Not only do they not treasure the time that they have and seek to control time; they do not treasure the people in their lives. The man spends all his time managing his company as his doting wife drifts farther from his heart. The girl seeks the attention of an older boy, forgetting to try and connect with her mother. Without relationships to hold them to this world, they seek to control their own destinies. In the end, Father Time teaches them that time and destinies are not meant to be controlled.
I highly recommend this book to everyone!