The Choice

A woman came out oh 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," pointing to one of his friend, and then, pointing to the other 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 in and fill our home with wealth!" His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite success?" Their doughter-in-law was listening from another corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion:"Would it not love!" "Let us heed our doughter-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 woman 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 have stayed out, but since you invite love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is love, there is wealth and success!!!"

                          ("Love is the light that guides the feet of man in the wilderness.")