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 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 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!!!!!!" |