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I was born in a small village in Ohio back in 1951. Our little village had less than 2000 residents, but did have a wide variety of national origins and religions. However everyone in town knew everyone and crime was nonexistant except for when the town police had to hold a drunkard over night. Back in the fifties this little town had just two streets east & west and two streets north & south one block apart as the downtown area and that is the way it is still today. So you tell me where the 115 bars were located that are on the books for businesses during the pre-fifties era. The village still has just over 2000 residents and the crime rate consists of juvenile pety-crimes and the ominous drunkard. Fewer people know each other now adays but everyone talks about you as if they knew you like family. I have started to add to my bio by placing up-dates in the article section here from time to time.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Three Old Men

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.

You have two choices right now:
1. Click this off
2. Invite love by sharing this story with all the people
you care about.

I hope you will choose #2. I did.

The older I get the smarter I am! "I've learned not to let
my eyes go shopping for my Heart!"

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a charming story, beautifully told too if I may say so.
I`d like to think that as I sit and struggle with all this `Internet Stuff` I can invite all three into my home.
Smile today at a stranger!
Do a good deed too, if possible.

Tuesday, 08 August, 2006  

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