I heard this story told by Dr John Demartini. It has a strong message and I found great motivation in it.
Three old wise men walked up to a house and knocked on the door. A lady opened the door and discovered the three men standing there, all with long white beards. The first wise man introduced himself and his 2 friends as Success, Wealth and Love. He asked politely: “Is your husband home?“
“Sorry“, she answered. “He will be home late tonight“
The 3 wise men asked if it was OK to wait until he got home as they had an important message for him. She approved and walked back inside.
Later that night, the husband arrived home. He noticed the 3 men at the back of the house, waiting patiently. When asking his wife who they were and what they wanted, she responded:
“They are 3 wise men and they have an important message for you“
“Well“, he said. “Invite them inside!“
She walked outside and invited them inside but they said she could only invite one in at a time. She returned to her husband and he immeditely replied: “Invite Wealth. We need more wealth around here!“
The wife responded: “I think we need more Success. Let’s invite him inside“
Their teenage daughter appeared and added: “We need more Love in this family! Let’s invite love inside“
Both the husband and wife agreed and decided to invite Love inside. The wife walked back outside and invited Love. Love proceeded to walk inside followed by Wealth and Success. Once inside, the family were a bit puzzled. Why had they all come inside when they were instructed that only one could come in at a time?
When asked this question, the wise old man named Love said:
“Had you asked for Wealth or Success, only the one you requested would walk in and that is all you get. Wherever Love goes, Wealth and Success follows“
Love = Wealth and Success
The moral of this story is apparent. Love is an emotion and it’s even much more than that. It is the most powerful force in the universe. Love can not be destroyed by anyone but the being that holds it in their heart. Live a life of Love and you will be passionate about everything you do. Wealth and Success are a byproduct of Love. It is a reward for your gratitude in life.
Love is much more than a “Hollywood” stereotype of mushy feelings between 2 people. Love is empowering. It is something you feel for someone or something that goes so deep, you cannot explain the origins of it. You can have it for a child, an animal, a lifestyle, a cause, a passion… Gratitude is a product of love or even a precursor for love. Either way. it’s a good place to be.
Have a most outstanding day!
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
SeanRasmussen.com © 2004 – 2008
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How very true that story was.
Thanks for that one Sean
You’re welcome, Nik
Hi Sean! Noticed your visit to our blog (this is “Diane” LOL) and that lead me here. This is a wonderful story, I love it. I digged you
Hi Dianne
Great to see you here. Sorry you couldn’t bring Dianne along (private joke).
Thanks for the Digg! Always appreciated. Not to be outdone, I gave you a Digg AND a Stumble
that was so meaningfull, thankyou.
and not being religious in any way but i find it very interesting to note that in the good book somewhere it states that God is Love.i just say ‘interesting’ because i think everything has an origin somewhere.ie,as said in story.its wealth and success that follow behind love.well where does love originate?just a thought.
william.
Who knows, William. Maybe best left alone
Oh yeah? Well take THAT… stumbled you right back lol! (Actually I thought I did yesterday, must not have stuck…)
Dianne says hi!
I should’ve known better than to pick a fight with a multi tasker…
BTW. Thanks for the stumble traffic
I have heard John (Dr Demartini) tell this story more than once and it is that simple. Wherever love is, so is wealth and success for without love nothing else matters. I enjoyed reading it here Sean… thanks!
Sure thing Ange. Hey, guess where my beautiful wife is this week? At Dr John Demartini’s 7 day workshop. I’m at home holding the fort (minding the kids and doing the internet thing).
Ange Recchia shared this page with me. Thanks Ange. That was great! I love it.
It hits home on our current project, a labor of love. We are looking for members to test claims made on the Internet that water can replace gas as fuel. There is a need to actually know in light of skyrocketing fuel prices. Our motivation is not profit, nor success, as it is simply to care and share, to discover truth from direct observation exposing any myths. We must know, and spread what we learn.
I’ve added a link to this page from our current project proposal at http://tinyurl.com/4urt4q and my stumbleupon account as well.
You have an excellent site! Thanks!
Hi David
Caring and sharing is success, so you will have success from this project. I wish you best of luck with it and hopefully you can get past the Haliburton’s and Bechtel’s with your ideas. Blogs are a great place to do this, being (almost) void of the newspapers and news channels biased editors.
Very uplifting start to my day. A simple but very powerful message, gave me goose bumps. Thanks heaps
Thanks Michelle. Good to hear
Lucky you and Cherie… she will return an even more inspired individual. I will have to email her next week and delve into her learnings. Cheers!
Gotta love it Sean…
if only people could really grasp the potency of this princpal, and seek after it without looking for the reward.
Another way of saying this is …
it is important to invite in love
not so you can entertain success
nor dine with wealth
but because it is truly love that you desire to enter and stay in your life
both now, today…. and always.
the others will follow…. don’t worry about them! Have no fear about if they will enter, too…
for perfect love casts out all fear
and is perfected in our heart’s desire
to have it dwell with us
to be a friend through all things.
Thanks Sean….
lots of love to you brother!
Guy Davidson
Tasmania
As an attempt to reply to:
william Says:
May 25th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
that was so meaningfull, thankyou.
and not being religious in any way but i find it very interesting to note that in the good book somewhere it states that God is Love.i just say ‘interesting’ because i think everything has an origin somewhere.ie,as said in story.its wealth and success that follow behind love.well where does love originate?just a thought.
william.
Love is present when you can see and understand the balance between positive and negative feelings/memories, thats how easy it is.
“No Matter what I’ve done or not done, I’m worthy of Love” Dr DeMartini
Hi Sean, that is really a great story.
Sometimes we use the word “passion” when we talk about our love for doing something in particular, when you can’t stop yourself and would even pay money to be allowed to do it. And when you let your passion blossom, you will be successful – and wealthy in more than just the financial way.
Thanks for sharing that story!!
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That was a great read.
A colleague at work put me onto Doc Demartini recently and I have been trying to get my hands on some of his works every since.
“Surround yourself with the kind of people that will impact positively on your life.” – Which is exactly what I am doing here
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I love that story. Love surely is success. You can have as much wealth as you like but unless you find love in your friends and family and a spouse, you will never be happy and never consider your life a success.
Hi Sean,
That is a great story. I can’t believe I’ve never heard it before. I think love is the most important of the three because for me, wealth and success don’t guarantee happiness. However, if you have love in your life, you are happy
It’s kind of like the song says, “All we need is love…”
Hi Sean,
There are so many different kinds of love. Love for a child. Love for a partner. Love for your pet. a Love for money. Love is good and can be also painful. The 3 wise men could probably sort this one out.
I asked a friend once, “What is love?” he answered with only one word “commitment”…..I don’t know how true that’s though – Doesn’t sound like too much fun.
Success loves Wealth. Well, that sounds like a marriage made in heaven. Ha!
Jill.
Great story Sean.
Definitely we all need love. Some spend a lifetime trying to find it when quite often it is right in front of them. All they need to do is open their eyes.
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Oh my… this has left me speechless!!! Lost for words!!!
The feeling of being hit in the chest – is the best way to explain how I feel right now.
I’m getting it… instead of feeling frustrated at having writers block, I love how I feel when I finish writing a blog. I have never thought about it like that before…
I have been using the art of gratitude in the last few months but I can see where I can make further changes because I have been still ’stuck’ and I think I can see why.
Thanks for sharing Demartini’s little story to illustrate a very important point.
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Thanks for sharing the love Sean
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