The Island of Feelings

The Island of Feelings

by Manos Hadjdakis

Once upon a time, there was an island where all 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 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

room 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.”