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A Short Story About Wealth, Success, Happiness, and Love

Family 9:00 PM

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Let me share another short story from www.wattpad.com.

A poor man came home one night to find four strangers sitting outside his home.

"You must be travellers, please come in and have something to eat." he said to them politely.

"Is your wife home?" they asked.

"No" he replied, "She went in town with my daughter and son."

"Then we cannot come in till they arrive" the strangers answered simply.

The man was confused but he nonetheless went inside. Evening came and his wife and children returned from town, he told them what happened.

"Tell them we've arrived and invite them in" the wife said. The son went out and invited the four strangers in.

"We do not go to a house together" they replied.

"Why is that?" the son asked, curious.

One of the strangers stood up and explained, "Because his name is WEALTH" he said pointing to one of his friends and then the other two, "and their names are SUCCESS and HAPPINESS, and I am LOVE." Then he added, "now go back and decide which one of us you want in your home."

The boy went in and told his mom and dad. "How nice, let's invite SUCCESS so he may bring success in our lives" the dad said.

The mother disagreed, "Let's invite WEALTH in."

The daughter voiced her own opinion, "Why not invite HAPPINESS in?"

The son stood in the middle of the house, then he jumped in with his own suggestion. "Wouldn't be better to invite LOVE?" he said quietly.

"Let us listen to our son and invite LOVE to our home" the father said and told his son to invite love in.

The son once again went out "Which one of you is LOVE? Come with me" he said kindly.

LOVE got up and started walking towards the house, the other three also followed behind. The boy was surprised and asked, "I thought you said only one of you can come in?"

LOVE smiled and replied "If you had invited WEALTH, SUCCESS or HAPPINESS the other three of us would have stayed out. But since you invited LOVE in, we all go. For wherever there is LOVE, there is also WEALTH, SUCCESS, and HAPPINESS.

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Remember to Dream, Sparkle, and Shine!

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A Short Story of Kindness and Happiness

Inspiration 1:19 PM

Few days ago, I have read this inspirational piece from http://expandedconsciousness.com that reminded me how good life is regardless of our situation. Below is the story, unedited:

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Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation... hospital window.

Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and colour of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every colour and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man could not hear the band – he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.

She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, ‘Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.’

Epilogue:

There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.

Every challenges in our lives will be lighter when we handle it with positivity. An act of kindness, big or small, goes a long way and stays in the heart.

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Remember to Dream, Sparkle, and Shine!

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