May your family's faith and serenity, exceed its troubles and sorrows in
the days ahead, Toni and Bev.
I'm sure from your post, Time has shown both of you How Great Love Is.
Peace be with you.
How Great Love Is
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."
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Jh
Nimble Nomad
SF Bay & Delta
