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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 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'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, t he 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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