Emotional Intelligence
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 allrepaired their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed. Lovewanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the island wasalmost 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 alot 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 beautifulvessel, "Vanity, please help me!" "I can't help you, Love. You are allwet and might damage my boat," Vanity answered.
Sadness was close byso Love asked for help, "Sadness let me go with you." "Oh...Love, I amso sad that I need to be by myself!" Happiness passed by Love too, butshe 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 anelder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot to askthe elder her name.
When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Loverealizing 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 iscapable of understanding how great Love is."
--- Submitted by Amy Yates --- Texas
--- Submitted by Tammy ---Texas