The island of spiritual values

I want to share my favorite parable. The parable is quite old, and not on the subject of Habr, which, nevertheless, does not make it a bit worse.



Once upon a time there was an island on Earth where all spiritual values ​​lived. But once they noticed how the island began to go under water. All valuables boarded their ships and sailed away. Only Love remained on the island.
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She waited until the last, but when there was nothing to wait for, she also wanted to sail off the island.
Then she called Wealth and asked to come to him on the ship, but Wealth answered: "There are a lot of jewels and gold on my ship, there is no place for you here."
When the ship of Grief sailed past, she asked for it, but she answered her: “Sorry, Love, I am so sad that I should always be alone.”
Then Love saw the Pride ship and asked for her help, but she said that Love would break the harmony on her ship.
Joy floated nearby, but she was so busy with fun that she did not even hear about the calls of Love.
Then Love is completely desperate.
But suddenly she heard a voice somewhere behind: "Come, Love, I will take you with me." Love turned and saw an old man. He drove her to the land, and when the old man swam away, Love caught on, because she forgot to ask his name. Then she turned to Cognition:
- Tell, Knowledge, who saved me? Who was this old man?
Cognition looked at love:
- It was time.
- Time? - Love asked. “But why did it save me?”
Knowledge once more looked at Love, then into the distance, where the old man sailed:
“Because only Time knows how important Love is in life ...”


The parable is quite famous, but the search on the site did not give anything.

UPD : thanks, moved to the blog "parables".