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!!!!!!"