A 34-year-old man lost everything in life. His business collapsed and he became indebted. He hid his face from all his friends from whom he had borrowed money and went to another city. Exhausted, he sat in a garden and cried profusely.
Just then, a 74-year-old man approached him and asked him why he was so disappointed.
The 34-year-old man recounted his ordeal. The old man told him his name was Richard Smith. The 34-year-old was shocked because Richard Smith was the richest man in that country and was respected by high-ranking politicians.
Richard Smith asked him how much debt he owed. The man told him his debt.
Richard Smith then took a bank check from his pocket, filled it with four times the amount of his debt, put it in an envelope, and gave it to him, saying, "Before using this check, make one more attempt. If you still fail, open this envelope and return it." Use the check.
But don't open this envelope until you fail. Keep it without looking at it.
Richard Smith further told him, "There's no need to return the money to me."
The 34-year-old man said, "Give me your address and I'll come to thank you."
Richard Smith replied, "I come to this park every day at this time. You can meet me there."
The 34-year-old man returned to his city, put away the envelope containing the check, and said to himself, "I'll make one last attempt before using this check." He continued, gradually succeeded, and exactly five years later, he became the most successful businessman in his city.
Now the man wanted to thank Richard Smith, so he took the same check envelope and went to the same park in the same city. He waited for an hour, but Richard Smith didn't come.
As he was leaving, he saw Richard Smith talking to someone in the other corner of the garden.
The man eavesdropped and listened. Richard Smith was also giving the other man a check when four men came running and forcibly grabbed Richard Smith and tried to take him away. The man, who had become a successful businessman, ran away, and Richard Smith... He began to free Smith.
The four men told the man, "This is not Richard Smith. He's a madman who runs away from the hospital every day with the diary containing the names of patients and comes to this garden, telling everyone, 'I'm Richard Smith. Take this check. Take this check.' This is not Richard Smith. This is our patient who has been insane for 20 years."
When the 34-year-old man reached into his coat pocket and opened the envelope containing the check, he discovered it wasn't a check, but a slip for writing patient names. The fake paper from a madman filled the man with so much hope that he relied on it and made one last attempt before using it, and he succeeded.
That is why it is said keep trying, do not lose courage, you never know in what form you will find God.
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