A woman came out of her house
and saw 3 men with beautiful smiles 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”.
“We do not go into a house together”, they replied. “Why is that?” She wanted to know. So the bald man explained: “His name is Wealth, he said pointing to one of his
friends, and he is Success, pointing
at another, 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.
“Wealth, let him come and fill
our home with wealth”! His wife disagreed. “My dear, why don’t we invite the
one with hair- Success”? Their daughter 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’s advice, said the husband to his wife. Go out and invite the man
called Love to be our guest”. The woman went out and pointed at the man
identified as Love. “Please come in and be our guest”. The bald man, 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, and you
said you did not all go in together. Why are you coming in”? The young 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”!
(From the original version “Three
old men”)
To all my Cardin friends –
students, faculty, and parents: I am sure there is wealth and success in your
futures. It is my hope that you will find, cultivate, and maintain Love, in
your homes, and in your lives.
Dan Conway
Athletic Director
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