Advanced Development (story)

Now he sighed in defeat. "Forgive me. I know you speak the truth. Not even a Devoted of the Hyspire would lie about this."

Aerana looked at Daevyn. He had woken up when Elysse took him, but he did not seem upset by his nap being cut short. He was surprisingly alert and developed for being little more than a week old. He already had a good layer of soft brown hair, and paid more attention to sounds and lights than another baby his same age might. His eyes looked up at Elysse with obvious interest.


(Read all previous parts of the story here: http://propheciesofshadow.blogspot.com/p/chapter-one.html)

Feelings

When nurtured, emotions grow exponentially. They don't just plod along, gaining volume drop by drop. No indeed, though they may seem that way at first.

Emotions are sneaky things. They seem like one time events, just happening as a reaction to whatever situation you're in. But the more a particular one is brought forward, the more it begins to grow until soon there's no room for other emotions.

When it comes to negative emotions, this definitely isn't such an appealing concept. But what if we help love and happiness to grow? We'll become people who are friendly and fun to be around. Wouldn't that be great?