249. His Three Marriage Choices

So the three women stood before him in a field of multicoloured plants wearing dresses of various sorts all trying to gain his favour each vying for his attention The first stepped forward in her long red dress her blond hair plaited behind her and offered him huge sums of money to spend on his desires he'd never be poor if he chose her The second strode forward her short red hair clashing with her short gold dress she offered him power and influence he'd always be able to win the fight she said if he had her by his side The third crept forward in her plain blue dress her long dark hair surrounding her face 'I can not offer you money' said she 'Nor power of any kind' I offer you my heart and love and hope that that will be enough And with that the young man smiled and kissed the third one's hand looked into her blue eyes and said 'Money I can earn by my own hand and power can corrupt my very soul but love is a gift that I can not deny for this reason I choose you' The other two marched off in anger muttering various threats he replied 'while I have love I have all I need and that will do for the rest of my days' They married a few days later and lived happily until very old age he never wondered what it would have been like had he chosen one of the others We each make our own decisions every one with a different outcome so put yourself in his place that day and tell me what you would have chosen