Thoughtful Thursday

As the world turns and it' seems that maybe all hope is lost. It's not by far. Each day I see a new morning and realize that I've been blessed to still be apart of this life experience. Furthermore, I smile, open my arms and say "thank you." Today take a moment to reflect, re-ignite your passion for living and remember that there's a lot too loving and living that will always be apart of our journey. I'm posting this item from Healthy Wealthy N' Wise Chronicles that has been of comfort for myself as I deal with my own personal issues. I hope that it will reach out and touch some one who may need a quiet word of inspiration.

Wealth, Success, and LoveBy: Author Unknown

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognizethem. 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 said. "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 wanted to know. 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 homewith 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 2also 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!"

"Infinitely more important than sharing one's material wealth is sharing the wealth of ourselves -- our time and energy, our passion and commitment, and, above all, our love." -- William E. Simon quotes