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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. “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 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!!!!!!” Let me give here some mind blowing quotes of well-known personalities about peace. 1- It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. (John F. Kennedy) 2- If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. (Mother Teresa) 3- It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. (Andre Gide) 4- It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf. (Thomas Fuller) Everything worthwhile has a price tag on it and so is the case with success. But people think it to be a matter of chance or luck. Success of every quality is for sale in the market of competition but you have to prove you have price to pay for that. But the currency which is paid is only in the form of intangible but hard form. Like you have to pay the price in ‘hardship’, ‘consistency’, ‘perseverance’, ‘hard work’, ‘integrity’ and ‘passion’. The more you pay, the greater success you are entitled to get. And one rule of purchase is that you have to pay in full as well as in advance. You cannot borrow ’success’ or purchase it in credit but you have to pay first and in advance. Those who never bear hardships or problems in the journey of life can never reach their destination ’success’. It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose. (Darrin Weinberg) If you make greatness your companion, by: Sri Chinmoy Iqbal draws our attention towards the importance of Research if one is determined to grab the countless opportunities lying in the vastness of the universe. You have to protect the privacy of the advice you get, or you will never get the advice you need - (Richard Nixon). According to a hadith if someone is telling you something important and you get the idea by his gestures or eyes movement (body language) that he/she wants you not to disclose this information. It is your moral obligation to keep those words to you and not to open them to others. To keep ’secrets’ to yourself is also a great art and a remarkable trait of a man. Generally, it is assumed that man can never keep secrets to himself and sooner or later they will disclose it. Let’s try to improve our ability of keeping words to ourselves. When a successful business man was asked what was the secret of success. He replied, “when you get up early in the morning, get out of bed at once and shout, ‘Hey! great another day’ that is success.” A house is built of logs and stones, of piles and post and piers. A home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years. (Victor Hugo) Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. (Confuscious)
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