An Inspirational
Story
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.”
“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 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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