Once upon a time, there was an island where all Feelings and Qualities lived - Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge and all of the others, including Love.
One day it was announced that the island would sink, so all the Feelings repaired their boats and sailed away. Love was the only one who stayed.
Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the island was almost covered by water, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by 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"
Next, Love decided to ask Vanity who was also sailing by in a beautiful vessel. "Vanity, please help me!" "I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might mess up my boat" Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by, so Love said "Sadness, let me go with you, please." "oh Love" replied Sadness, "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 to 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 her name. When they arrived on dry land, the older went her own way.
Love, realising how much he owed the elder, asked Knowledge, "who helped me?" "it was Time," Knowledge answered. "Time?" asked Love, "but why did Time help me?"
Knowledge smiled and answered, "because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is"
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An excerpt from a book I'm currently reading 🙌
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