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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 prepared their boats and left. 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 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 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 ...

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves. ~ Helen Keller ~ Just had a quarrel with someone over what they perceived, and what I (we) perceived. Merely asking "why are you angry?" to someone who happened to look as though they are angry can have severe repercussions, especially if they think you are out to make them look bad due to the circumstances in which the question was placed. Does that mean that the question was wrong, or that it should not have been asked? I'd like to think not, for it is important, for us as humans, to communicate with one another. A simple question, a reaching out gesture, could mean the difference between life and death for some (inspirational story here ). The only issue perhaps, is that I could have worded it better, such as "are you angr...

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