Have you ever dreamed of achieving a goal or having something that you can't have? Well, that's the case with Alex. Since he was very young, he had a dream, it was his main goal in this life, he wanted to have the house of his dreams. But it was just that, a dream. Why was it a dream? It was because it was something he couldn't achieve in any possible way, at least in reality. Since he was very young, he was very poor, his parents didn't have much money to buy a big house, so the only thing they could afford was a small wooden house in the middle of the city. This house was old and it wasn't even well insulated from the outside, in the winters even snow got inside and in the summers all day long.
What Alex wanted was to be able to buy a big and luxurious house so that he and his parents could have a happier and more dignified life, but until now this seemed impossible. One of the reasons was because his parents were about to retire from their jobs so soon they would only have the basic income just to live, he could not even think about buying another property and in Alex's case he did not have a good job where he could earn enough to achieve his dream. So simply for many years in his youth he only saw it as something unattainable. And really at that time it was.
He got a job as a gardener, with that he could earn enough to now support his family and to look for the basic things of the house. He liked his job and in fact he did very well at what he did. He had to trim the grass and trim the gardens so that they were almost perfect. His greatest skill was trimming the garden trees and making shapes out of them, he could do the same with any animal as well as letters and words. And this skill was also very much liked by the millionaires and important people in the area. That's why they called him all the time to take care of their gardens.
Many times when he had to work in the mansions of the rich he would take a moment to admire them and think about what it would be like to live there. Of course he did not envy the owners, he just wanted to get a house like that for himself and his parents and who knows for his future family. But even with his work it was not enough to rent a house like that, not even paying in installments. Only a stroke of luck or fate could change this situation and speed up the process. And in this case it seems that the universe manifested itself because something amazing happened, it was so impressive that even Alex still does not believe it when he thinks about it.
It all happened One cloudy afternoon, it looked like it was going to rain. He wanted to clean his own garden, because he had neglected it in the last few days. And that he was a gardener, but it is as the saying goes, in the blacksmith's house there is a wooden knife. He was in a hurry to finish the job before it started to rain. He began to remove the weeds. And that's when the unexpected happened. His shovel hit something hard, and at first he thought it was just another rock. He had found some beads that day. But this one was different, because from its shape it looked like it was huge. When he cleaned it a little, he saw that it was a solid gold stone.
He couldn't believe that he had found it, it was like a miracle in the midst of so much darkness in his life. He came to think that the universe had manifested itself to him, and who knows if it was so, only the universe knows. The fact is that on one hand, he was excited about the possibility of changing his life, but on the other hand he was afraid that someone would find out. He was afraid that there would be legal problems and the stone would be taken away from him. He decided to secretly call his friend Beto who was a jeweler to examine the stone. Beto immediately looked at it with his mouth open, almost drooling. He said to him, Alex, now you will be rich.
Alex asked him without much enthusiasm, do you think they will take it away from me? Beto laughed and said no, the government would not take it away from him because he found it in his house, but he would have to declare it so that they would not think that he was evading taxes by starting to spend the fortune that the stone cost. That was when he became truly happy, he saw everything bright now, many opportunities were opening up before him.
The next day he went to the government to declare the stone, there were no problems on that part. The people from the government confirmed the same thing that Beto had told him, since he had found it in his house it was now his. Now he was more than happy. But as quickly as that happiness came, he was hit by uncertainty. When he arrived at his parents' old house he went up to his room and began to think about the possibilities that were now available to him. There were several doors, but if he chose the wrong one he would lose everything. The first door or decision was to sell the stone and go directly for the house of his dreams. But that would leave him without money for future expenses, because the stone had a limited value.
The other door was to invest the money in his gardening business. He could buy new equipment, buy a place to create a company and even hire workers. This would obviously distance him from the dream of getting the house quickly, but at least it would ensure his long-term future. And here is the possibility that the new gardening company would fail, leaving him bankrupt like he started or worse.
Both decisions were difficult, so he consulted his beloved parents. They told him that the best thing would be to invest the money in his business because that would ensure his future. The first option was not bad, but a big house required large expenses for its maintenance, so by spending everything he had on the purchase of the house he could lose it in a short time by not being able to pay his expenses. So they decided that the best decision would undoubtedly be to invest everything in a good business. And that was exactly what Alex did.
He went to the bank and sold the stone for several million dollars. As soon as he had the money in his hands he bought a premises in the middle of the city. Then he bought gardening equipment and prepared everything to open the company on a larger scale. With the money he had left, he hired several workers who would now work for him and his company. Their job would be to do any gardening work available throughout the city. When everything was ready, the company opened and began to offer its services throughout the city. Being the only one of its kind, it was in high demand and everything seemed to indicate that it would be a success.
Alex was very happy to see that his decision was bearing fruit, thus relieving some of his worries. He spent all the money he had saved and the money from the stone to start his company, so if he went bankrupt he would be out on the street, so he was happy that everything was going according to plan. And so time went by, weeks turned into months and then months into years. The small company grew several times its size and now had several branches throughout the country. Until then Alex and his parents had changed houses, but all modest ones, he did not want to spend a lot of money from the budget on comforts. But now the company was big enough to finally fulfill his dream.
He gathered his parents, his children, because he is now married and showed them his new home. It was a huge mansion. It was what they had always wanted, but the wait had been worth it. Perhaps it is true that they could have had it much sooner if they had changed for the house, but perhaps now instead of buying it they would be selling it due to the excess expenses they could not pay. But since Alex made good decisions, the fruits were now coming. Everyone was very happy, their dream, Alex's dream, had come true, late but surely.
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