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
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 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 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 and 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."