| 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!! |
