Spare Me 7 Minutes, Let Me Tell You a Story

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I once heard of a story, and I cannot forget it for the rest of my life.

Before sharing the story with you (Which I have adapted to my own version), let me ask you this question, if you were to have three special visitors - Mr. Wealth, Mr. Love and Mr.Success coming to your house, but, you can only invite one of them to enter the house, who will you choose? You can ask Danny…


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Danny stepped out onto his porch one evening only surprised to see three elderly men, sitting on his front lawn, looking exhausted. Well, Danny became very concerned because he did not even know them. He approached them and said, "I don't think I know you sir, but if you are thirsty please come in and have something to drink."

"We do not go into the house all together," One of the elders, replied.

"Why is that so?" he asked, feeling rather confused.

The elder then explained, “First I want to introduce you to Mr. Success, he said pointing to one of his friends, and then points to the other, “And he is Mr. Love and I am Mr. Wealth, I am filthy RICH." Then he added, "Now would you be so kind to decide which one of us you want in your home, we will give you time to decide."

And so Danny stood there starring at the three long-beard men in white robes, pondering… At the first thought, Danny wanted to invite Mr. Wealth for he was sick of eating baked beans and could only afford to buy second-hand clothes. “ Why not I invite Mr. Wealth to fill my home with riches?”

He then disagreed with himself. “ I should invite Mr. Success since nobody ever recognize what I have done, I did not perform to what others expected me to, yes, I need Mr. Success.”

After having a battle within him. At last, he decided to invite Mr. Love. He needed love more than anything, love made him happy, that was truly enough to have a loving family, though he was poor.

Without further ado, he asked Mr. Love to please come in… As Mr. Love rose and began walking toward the house, the other two elders also got up and followed him. Surprised and puzzled, Danny asked of Mr. Wealth and Mr. Success, “Why are you both coming in? I thought I can only invite one person and I chose Mr. Love.”

Then Mr. Love piped in, “My boy, let me explain, if you had invited either Mr. Wealth alone or Mr. Success by himself in your home the other two of us would have stayed out. But since you invited me in your home, definitely all of them do follow."

I apply this to our quest in being a wealthy affiliate, if you have the genuine LOVE for WA community, the LOVE in learning, the LOVE in your niche to help the people in need, WEALTH and SUCCESS will be yours. Cheers!

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Follow the underflow of all life. Love. I cherish this post with all my heart and I will not forget this story either.

Hugs!

Thank you for taking it to your heart, may Love, Wealth and Success be yours!

What a sweet story, Jenna. Thanks. :)

Thank you for reading it, I am happy, thanks Laurenjean

Jenna, this is a wonderful version of what ALL people should be learning of life, itself. I am hoping that many people read this post and make this choice in their WA lives.

If there is anything I might assist with during your days at WA, please let me know.

Thank you Brian, so nice of you to have such a view for this post. I will pm you if I need your guidance, thank you so much

Awesome! Thank you for posting this, it's a great example of making your priorities right :)

Thank you! I am sure you are an expert of this Laura having 11 beautiful children at home. ^_*

Sadly, many have forgotten to invite Love in and focused on the other two. Without a life foundation of moral values, of which love is a part, we can never truly be successful in life. And money isn't the only riches available.

Funkydunc, you are so right about that, yes, when wealth and success are put in front of us, we tend to take love as secondary important. It's time to put love first before all that. High five!

Hi Jenna,

Nice parable, and so true...

Which should one pursue in life?

Wealth cannot bring happiness or peace (but it helps to have some).

While success is a an admirable goal to seek, it often comes at a cost of family, friends, and relationships...

Love on the other hand, is unconditional and not based on others, it is internal to us,

Love is not a measurable thing, as are the other two, it cannot be taken away as the other two can...

With love we can live in splendor or in squalor and be at peace...

Good choice that man made!

Cheers!
Dave : )

Thanks for reading the parable, Dave, " With love we can live in splendor or squalor and be at peace"... exactly, can't agree more!

Beautiful story, although I really do not think it is such a "story." It is real life. Love is the basis of acceptance, understanding, knowledge, compassion.... everything. I don't think anyone can be truly successful or wealthy without love because otherwise they are hollow inside and what kind of success or wealth is that?

Thank you for sharing this. It was worth sharing!
Rae Anne

Rae Anne, thank you for such long feedback about this "story", yeah, I do think it is real life and you are so right about love. Continue to love and to be loved, Rae Anne!

Genuine and true!! Nice story.

Thank you Gordon-D, glad that you like it, find your love today :)p

Love it and how true ! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for reading it, that's a great encouragement

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