One day, a young man, walking down the street, saw an old man sitting on the edge of the road. He approached him and said:
- Old man, you are so old, you have come a long way in life, you are probably very wise, tell me, here I am a young and strong man, but I can’t find a job anywhere, my son is a drug addict, my daughter is a prostitute, and my wife drinks all day long and does nothing around the house. What should I do? How can I fix this?
The old man answers:
— Hang a sign on your door and write on it: “It won’t always be like this.”
- That's all? – the man was surprised.
- Yes.
The man did just that. After some time, his son stopped using drugs and became a believer, his daughter fell in love with a young man and they started a family, his wife recovered from alcoholism and became a good wife, and he himself got a job and no longer walked around, but drove around in an expensive car.
One day, driving along that very street, he stopped at the place where he met an old man a couple of years ago.
The old man was sitting there. The man drove up to the old man and, opening the window, without leaving the car, said to the old man:
- Well, old man, are you still sitting? And as you can see, I achieved everything.
And my son is no longer a drug addict, but a believer. And the daughter is no longer a prostitute, but married for love. And the wife recovered and became a good wife. And I got a job and now I’m a big boss. And you just sat here, just like that, you mediocre old man. And what do you advise me now?
The old man looked at him and said:
- Don’t take that sign down...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru