A
woman came out of her house and saw three 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 replied. "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 asked. 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 three 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 two 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 you invited Love, and wherever he goes, we
go also. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" ~
Author Unknown ~ |