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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."
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"Is the man
of the house home?", they asked.
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"No",
she replied. "He's out."
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"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"
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"We do not go
into a House together," they replied.
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"Why is
that?" she asked.
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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."
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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!"
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His wife
disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?"
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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!"
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"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."
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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?"
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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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MY WISH
FOR YOU...
-Where
there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy.
-Where there is self-doubting, I
wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through it.
-Where
there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and
renewed strength.
-Where there is fear, I wish you love, and
courage.
You have two
choices right now:
1. Delete this email.
2. Invite love by sharing
this story with all the people you care about.
I hope you will choose #2.
I did.