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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 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-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!!!!!!"

MY PRAYER 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 them. Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you
understanding, patience, and renewed strength. Where there is fear, wish you
love, and courage.

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