"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 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!!!!!!"
 

OUR WISH FOR YOU...

Where there is pain, we wish you peace and mercy.

Where there is self-doubting, we wish you a renewed confidence
in your ability to work through them.

Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, we wish you understanding,
patience, and renewed strength.

Where there is fear, we wish you love, and courage.

You have two choices right now:

1. Delete this, or...

2. Invite love by sharing this story

with all the people you care about. I hope you will choose #2.
 

 - Author Unknown

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