A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long
white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them.
She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry.
Please come in and have something to eat.”
“Is the man of the house home?”, they asked.
“No”, she said. “He’s out.”
“Then we cannot come in”, they replied. In the evening when
her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
“Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went
out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a House together,” they replied.
“Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men
explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and
said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added,
“Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your
home.”
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her
husband was overjoyed. “How nice!!”, he said. “Since that is the case, let us
invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!”
His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success?”
Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of
the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to
invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!”
“Let us heed our daughter-in-law’s advice,” said the husband
to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”
The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, “Which one of
you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking
toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady
asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?”
The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or
Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out, but since you invited Love,
wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth
and Success!”
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