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 all of the feelings
that the island was going to sink to the bottom
of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared their
boats to leave. Love was the only one that
stayed. She wanted to preserve the island until
the last possible moment. When the island was
almost totally under, Love decided it was time
to leave. She began looking for someone to ask
for help.

Just then, Richness was passing by in a grand
boat. Love asked, “Richness, can I come with you
on your boat?” Richness answered, “I’m sorry,
but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat
and there would be no room for you anywhere”.
Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was
passing by in a beautiful vessel. Love cried
out, “Vanity, help me please”. “I can’t help
you”, Vanity said, “You are all wet and you will
damage my beautiful boat”. Next, Love saw
Sadness passing by. Love said, “Sadness, please
let me go with you”. Sadness answered, “Love,
I’m sorry but I just need to be alone now”.Then,
Love saw Happiness. Love cried out, “Happiness,
please take me with you”. But Happiness was so
overjoyed that he didn’t hear Love calling to
him.

Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice
say, “Come Love, I will take you with me”. It
was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed
that she forgot to ask the elder’s name. Love
realized how much she owed the elder. Love then
found Knowledge and asked, “Who was it that
helped me”? “It was TIME”, Knowledge
answered. “But why did TIME helped me when no
one else would?”, asked Love. Knowledge smiled
and with deep wisdom and sincerity,
answered, “Because only TIME is capable of
understanding how great LOVE is”.