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.

"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...

This can be shown by countries like India & Egypt,
that are more than 2000 years old and are poor.

On the other hand, Canada, Australia & New Zealand,

that 150 years ago were inexpressive,
today are developed countries and are rich.

The difference between poor & rich countries does
not
reside in the available natural resources.

Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous,
inadequate for agriculture & cattle raising,
but it is the second world economy. The country is
like an immense floating factory, importing
raw material from the whole world and exporting
manufactured products.

Another example is Switzerland, which does not
plant
cocoa but has the best chocolate of the world. In
its
little territory they raise animals and plant the
soil
during 4 months per year. Not enough, they produce
dairy products of the best quality. It is a small
country that transmits an image of security, order
&
labor, which made it the world's strong safe.

Executives from rich countries who communicate with

their counterparts in poor countries show that
there
is no significant intellectual difference.

Race or skin color are also not important:
immigrants
labeled lazy
in their countries of origin are the
productive power in rich European countries.

What is the difference then?

The difference is the attitude of the people,
framed
along the years by the education & the culture.

On analyzing the behavior of the people in rich &
developed countries, we find that the great
majority
follow the following principles in their lives:

1. Ethics, as a basic principle.
2. Integrity.
3. Responsibility/Accountability.
4. Respect to the laws & rules.
5. Respect to the rights of other citizens.
6. Work loving.
7. Strive for saving & investment.
8. Will of super action.
9. Punctuality.

In poor countries, only a minority follow these
basic
principles in their daily life.

We are not poor because we lack natural resources
or because nature was cruel to us.

We are poor because we lack attitude.
We lack the will to comply with and teach these
functional principles of rich & developed
societies.

If you do not forward this message nothing will
happen to you. Your pet will not die, you will not
be fired, you will not have bad luck for seven
years
and also you will not get sick.

If you love your country, let this message
circulate
for a major quantity of people could reflect about
this & CHANGE, ACT !!!!!!!!!

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming
that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd
gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not
a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most
beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and
boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.
Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said,
"Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine." The crowd and the
young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly, but full
of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put
in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges.
In fact, in some places there were deep gouges where whole pieces were
missing. The people stared -- how can he say his heart is more beautiful,
they thought?
The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and
laughed. "You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine,
mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears." "Yes," said the
old man, "yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You
see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear
out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a
piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but
because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish,
because they remind me of the love we shared.
Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person
hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the empty gouges --
giving love is taking a chance. Although these gouges are painful, they
stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I
hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do
you see what true beauty is?"
The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He
walked up to the old man, reached into his perfect young and beautiful
heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling
hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took
a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young
man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful
than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They
embraced and walked away side by side.
Author Unknown