STORIES OF PROSPERITY

A woman came out of her house and saw
three 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 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-lawwas 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 three 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 two 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!