Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Much Follows Love

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognise 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 happened.

"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" he said.

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 then, pointing first to the other friend and then to himself, he continued, "He is Success, and I am Love. Now go in and talk it over with your husband to decide which one of us you want in your home."

The woman went in and told her husband what had been said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!" he said. "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. 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 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking towards the house. The other two men also got up and followed him. Surprised, the woman asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, why are you coming in as well?"

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth of Success, the other two of us would've stayed our, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him.

Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success.

Sent to Starmag by Jasy Liew

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