a story of love

a story of love


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.

[中文版]

财富、成功与爱

       在我们人生的旅途中，将会有许许多多的选择。最重要的是，面对得与失、成与败，什么样的选择才是最明智的。

       三个白须飘飘的老人坐在妇人家院前歇脚。三人中，一个是“财富”，一个是“成功”一个是“爱”。妇人邀请他们进屋，三个老人说：“我们不能同时进屋呀！不过，你可以去和你的家人商量，看你们最需要我们中的哪一个。” 

        妇人便进屋把老人的话说了。丈夫惊喜道：“既然如此，我们就邀请‘财富’老人吧，请他进来，让我们的屋子装满财富！” 

        妇人不同意：“亲爱的，我们为什么不邀请‘成功’老人呢？做一切事情都会成功，那感觉会有多好啊！” 

        这时候，儿媳妇插嘴进来，说：“我们还是邀请‘爱’老人吧，让我们家时时处处都充满着爱。” 

        “那我们就照儿媳妇的吧！”一对夫妇朝儿媳妇点点头。 

        于是妇人出门，邀请“爱”老人进屋做客。谁知“爱”老人起身，“成功”老人和“财富”老人都跟在后面。妇人感到惊奇：“我们邀请的是‘爱’，你们两位怎么也一起来了？” 

        三个老人乐了：“哪里有爱，哪里就有成功与财富！” 

        在我们的人生旅途中，将会有许多的选择。最重要的是面对得与失，成与败，什么样的选择才是最明智的。