a cry for help!

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the
feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, 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 was the only one who stayed. 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 for you here."

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 her
name.

When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her 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."