Whimsical Lair

A friend sent me a link to this: Its really funny.

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It is time to clear my Inbox (I have to get rid of some old emails at some point!) but I am reluctant to delete this particular one.

I have kept this email I got from a friend for a long long time now … It touched me much … I still cry when I read it, so I shall post it here, enjoy.

Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived; happiness, sadness, knowledge, and all the others, including love.

One day, it was announced to all of the feelings, that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all of the feelings prepared their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to preserve the island until the last possible moment. When the island was almost totally under water, love decided it was time to leave.

She began looking for someone to ask for help. Just then, ‘Richness’ was passing by in a grand boat. Love asked, "Richness, can I come with you on your boat?" Richness answered, "I’m sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere."

Then Love decided to ask ‘Vanity’ for help, who was passing in a beautiful vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." "I can’t help you", Vanity said, "You are all wet, and will damage my beautiful boat."

Next, Love saw ‘Sadness’ passing by. Love said, " Sadness, please let me go with you." Sadness answered, "Love, I’m sorry, but, I just need to be alone now."

Then, Love saw ‘Happiness’. Love cried out, "Happiness, please take me with you." But Happiness was so overjoyed, that he didn’t hear Love calling to him. Love began to cry. Then, she heard a voice saying, "Come Love, I will take you with me." It was an old man. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed, that she forgot to ask the old man his name.

When they arrived on land, the old man went on his way. Love realized how much she owed the old man. Love then found ‘Knowledge’ and asked, "Who was it that helped me?"

"It was Time", Knowledge answered. "But why did Time help me when no one else would?", Love asked. Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, "Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is."

I found this at at a website that determines your personality based on anime characters. This is me (apparently):

Your element is Fire: Strong, hot tempered, powerful, and passionate. Well now lets see, being fire you are quite strong and powerful, people look up to you greatly and often seek your protection. You have the ability to gain many friends and you are always one people can count on to do what you say you will do. You are extremely loyal be it friends or family you’ll stick up for them and you are never willing to put them in a position that could hurt them. You know what roll you play in life, leader, and you intend to let people know it. Not everyone is capable of leadership but you certainly have the willpower and flare to do it. You have quite a temper if it shows itself, one that can often lead you into trouble. Once your mind is made up there is no changing it but no one said that was a bad thing.