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A woman saw three old men sitting outside her house for a long time. The woman went outside and said, "I don't know you, but I saw you sitting here. You must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."
One of them asked, "Is the man of the house at home?"
She replied, "No."
"Then we cannot come in." said the men.
The woman went inside. When her husband came home she told him all that had happened. He told his wife to go and ask those men to come in and have some food.
She went out and told them, "My husband is home. He is inviting you to come inside and have some food with us."
They replied, "We do not go inside a house together."
When she asked why, one of the old men pointed to one of his friends and said, "His name is Wealth. If he goes with you, your home will be filled with wealth always." Then pointing to the second old man he said, "He is Success. If he goes with you, you will always be successful in any endeavor you start." He then introduced himself as Love, and said "If I go with you, then your home will always be filled with love."
Then Love told the woman to go in and discuss with her husband which one of them they wanted in their home.
Her husband was overjoyed hearing about the men and said, "Let’s invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth."
His wife disagreed and said, "Why don’t we invite Success?"
Their daughter was listening to them and suggested, "Wouldn’t it be better if we invite Love in our home? Then our home will be filled with love forever." Her parents agreed.
The woman again went out and said, "Love, please come in and be our guest."
Love got up and started walking toward the house. Just then the other two also got up and started following him.
The woman asked, "You said you cannot all can come together. I invited only Love. Why are you all coming in?"
The old men replied, "If you had invited Wealth or Success then the other two would have stayed outside, but since you invite Love, wherever he goes, we go with him."
Wherever there is Love, Wealth and Success will follow."
~~Author unknown~~
Five years ago: Childhood Clutter Clearing
Thank you . A very inspiring story . I enjoyed reading it.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked it.
DeleteWhat immediately popped into my mind was the Petula Clark song, “What the world needs now is love sweet love”
ReplyDeleteAnd now I have that song (one of my favorites) stuck in my head. Thank you for the inspiration.
DeleteThe illustration makes me think of the Smith Brothers of cough drops fame.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought about that! It was the first Creative Commons license clip art on my search for 'three old men'
DeleteI like that story. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome :-)
DeleteIf only it were that easy.
ReplyDeleteYup.
DeleteA lovely parable. I do think only having Wealth or Success the Love factor could be lacking, not necessarily, but, it could be. But a Home filled with Love will feel like a Success Story and be Rich in ways Money can't Buy, that's what I take from a Story like that one.
ReplyDeleteAnd from what I've read on your blog your house is filled with love.
DeleteLovely, and quite accurate. Terry and I have been discussing this very thing lately, looking back on our 50 years together and all that has transpired. Love came first and stayed.
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