Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived;
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love. One
day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all
repaired their boats and left.
Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the
island was almost sinking, 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 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 for help, “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. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot to ask the
elder his name. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went his own
way.
Love realizing how much he owed the elder, 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 great
Love is.”