Love and Time

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 constructed boats and left. Except for Love.

Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, 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, "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. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder,

Love 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 valuable Love is."

A Love Note...

When you love people, you love them as they are, not as you wish them to be, not as you hope to help them become, but as they are. When you love people, you love them because they are who they are; not loving in order to change them, not loving as a way of remaking them. But loving because you love. When you love people,you love them, warts and all.Not blinding yourself to their faults, not denying their imperfections,but loving in spite of.

Loving another person is to commit oneself, with no guarantee of return. To love another is to give oneself,with the risk of rejection. To love another person is to reach out in the hope of love and awaken love in the heart of the other. Love is not dependent on the nature of the one loved but on the nature of the one who loves. Love is not contingent on the beauty of the loved but on the appreciation of the lover. Love is not conditional on the constancy of the beloved but on the fidelity of the one who loves. When you love someone, nothing matters half so much as to accept the other person; to reassure one another; to hear and answer each other; to look deeply into the other's soul and to show your own.

To love someone is to affirm that she is worthy, to bid him to live life freely, to leave her with all her freedom intact, to recognize his dignity as a person, to invite her to grow, to oblige him to be fully what he is, to inspire her to be all that she can be.