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InspirEmail No 396 – March 2024 - Three choices to make
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Three choices to make

Once in a village, a woman saw three old men sitting outside her house. They were sitting there for quite a while.

The woman went outside and said to them 'I don't know you, but I see that you have been sitting here for long time so you must be hungry, please come in and have something to eat.'

One of them asked 'Is the man of the house at home?'

She replied, 'No.'

'Then we cannot come in', said one of the men.

The woman went inside. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him about the people sitting outside and all that had happened. He told his wife to go and ask the three men to come in and have some food.

She went out and said 'My husband is home. He is inviting you all to please come inside and have some food with us.'

They replied, 'We do not go inside a house together.'

When she asked why, one of the old men explained, pointing to one of his friends, he said 'His name is Wealth. If he goes with you, your home will be filled with wealth always.'

Then pointing to another old man he said, 'He is Success. If he goes with you, you will always be successful in any endeavour you start.'

He then introduced himself as Love, 'If I go with you, then your home will be filled with love always.'

Then he told her to go in and discuss with her husband which one of them they want in their home.

Her husband was overjoyed hearing about it and said, 'Let’s invite Wealth.

Let him come and fill our home with wealth.'

His wife disagreed and said, 'Why don’t we invite Success?'

Their daughter-in-law was listening to this.

She came to them and suggested, 'Wouldn’t it be better if we invite Love in our home?

Then our home will be filled with love forever.'

The husband and wife agreed, so the woman again went out and said, 'The one who introduced himself as Love, please come in and be our guest.'

Love got up and started walking toward the house. Just then the other two also got up and started following him.

The woman asked, 'You said you cannot all can come together.

I invited only Love.

Why are you all coming in?'

The old men replied, 'If you had invited Wealth or Success then the other two would have stayed outside, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him.'

‘Wherever there is Love . . . Wealth and Success will follow’

Author Unknown

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