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.’
They asked, Is the man of the house in the house?
She replied, no he is out
They replied, Then we cannot come in.
In the evening when her husband came home,
she told him what had happened
he said: ‘ Go tell them I am in
the house and invite them in ‘
The woman went out and invited the men in .
They replied, we don’t go into the house together.
She asked, Why is that?
One of the old men explained :
‘His name is Wealth ,’
he said as 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
he said, How nice ! 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/follow 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 since you invited Love ,
wherever He goes, we go with him.
Wherever there is Love, there is also
Wealth and Success.
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