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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."



"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-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!!!!!!"

MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A FULL OF LOVE, WEALTH AND SUCCESS
2008!!!