VISITORS
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!!!