Love and Time
Once upon a time, there
was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and
all of the others, including Love.
One day it was announced
to the feelings that the island would sink, so all the feelings constructed
boats and left.
Except for Love.
Love was the only one who
stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
When the island had almost
sunk, Love decided to ask for help.
Richness was passing by
Love in a grand boat. Love said, "Richness,
can you take me with you?"
Richness answered,
"No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no
place here for you."
Love decided to ask Vanity
who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel, "Vanity, please help
me!"
"I can't help you,
Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so
Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh . . . Love, I am
so sad that I need to be by myself!"
Happiness passed by Love,
too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a
voice, "Come, Love, I will take you."
It was an elder.
So blessed and overjoyed,
Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going.
When they arrived at dry
land, the elder went her own way.
Realizing how much was
owed to this mystery elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who
helped me?"
"It was Time,"
Knowledge answered.
"Time?" asked
Love. "But why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled with deep
wisdom and answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how
valuable Love is."
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