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, 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!!!!!!”
See my friend..Love first.