Sometimes some thing that we take for granted is one of the most mysterious and difficult to understand. Time is one of those things. It seems to govern our lives, whether we are rich or poor, educated or illiterate. Most often, people spend 80 or 90 years on Earth, after which the life they know ends. Thanks to advances in science and metaphysics, we can assume that life is more than a length of time from birth to death. Perhaps we have hundreds of opportunities to repeat the lessons that we came here to learn. Time can be your friend or your enemy, depending on how you look at it. Time can free and captivate you, envelop you in darkness and give you enlightenment.