> 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!!!!!!"
>
> 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.

John Trevino