Not long ago I ran into an elderly gentleman, who at that time was selling certain crafts in a busy place in my state of Táchira / Venezuela. At that time I was with a friend from the university with whom I used to spend a large part of my time, so we made the decision to buy one of his crafts, specifically one that had caught our attention.
Once we made the purchase, this man thanks us in a slightly peculiar way, he really looked very grateful and we had not done anything from the other world, we only bought one of his crafts. We decided to ask him the reason for his reaction and to our surprise he told us that we would sit down and talk to him about something for a moment.
The truth is that the proposal at that time was a bit odd, but because we really had no other commitment we decided to sit there next to him to listen to what he wanted to tell us, we were curious.
He began to tell us a little about his story, beginning with the fact that he came from a very poor family and that is why he had to resort to committing criminal acts at that time in order to help his mother and sister, this because his father had abandoned them Once he knew his mother was pregnant.
When he turned 16, his mother died of a terrible disease which was deteriorating his lungs more and more, taking into account that they did not have enough money to pay for the medicines, his mother made the decision to lie to him and Tell her she was fine, not to worry, this so she wouldn't feel bad knowing that she couldn't help her and for that reason she was crazy.
2 months after the death of his mother he loses his little sister of only 10 years of age, which was run over by two young people who were driving while drunk, this devastated him completely telling us with his broken voice.
He told us that after these events he fell into the world of drugs, becoming addicted to the famous heroine, a drug which was very difficult to afford but always did the impossible to get it, no matter if he had to get into trouble to obtain it, This was no obstacle for him.
After 10 years of wandering around the city, leading a lifestyle based on: drugs, alcohol, bad decisions and suffering an overdose which almost ends his life, he decides to take a better path.
He tells us that he enrolled in a support group, got a job and started going to a church every Sunday, where he met the one he remembers today as the love of his life. He had a girl whom I call Victoria, because for him it was a victory to have managed to get out of that very bad world which was whipping him at that time.
And so it was, for 18 years he led a straight and loving life with his wife and daughter, everything was perfect for him, his daughter had begun to study the medical career which with much effort they tried to afford. With a big smile, he told us that he saw that she had a great future ahead, "I couldn't ask for more," she whispered after that, but all that would change on her daughter's 19th birthday.
When we got to this part we simply heard how her voice was slowly breaking down, while her eyes got wet ... She tells us that on her daughter's birthday night, she had gone out with friends to celebrate, they were all happy they had had a Nice dinner before they left, everything had happened in a nice way, but at about 3:00 a.m. they received a call. It was the police ... He tells us that once he hears the words said by the policeman, he simply drops the phone and sits on his bed, being immobile, unable to say a word while his wife looked at him.
She very scared asks what happened? Tell me Victoria is fine, please answer me ... He just bows his head, cries and says: Our girl left us love, she left us ...
Victoria had suffered a serious car accident in which she and her two friends who accompanied her died. He told us that he felt that his world had collapsed again, that he had no more reason to live, and what began for him was the worst stage of his life.
A short time later he falls back into drugs, which caused his marriage to collapse, lose his house and his belongings, but the worst would come days after losing his marriage.
He says he felt very lonely, not wanting to live, so he opted for what seemed to him the "easiest way out" if ... suicide. That night he goes to a desolate place in which there was a great cliff, with a single mission according to him, which was ending his suffering; So he takes a run and goes to the cliff, but just before reaching the end of the road he tells us that he hears a voice which said "Don't do it".
This voice describes her as a true peace which invaded her body and simply gave her the strength she needed so much to be able to face everything, "That voice was that of my daughter," he does not say in a low voice.
He affirms to us that today I totally stop drugs, attend church very constantly and have earned the appreciation of many people in their craft seller activity, which makes him very happy because whenever he sells one of These crafts feel that a part of their daughter would live within people in a beautiful way, being art; This is because she was the one who taught him to perform these crafts in one of the most beautiful moments of his life ... "It is my way of keeping his story and his memory alive," says the Lord.
When we heard this, our doubt about him because he looked so grateful at the time we made our purchase was resolved, as he does not say that he feels anxious to meet his daughter, mother and sister in heaven again, but that He is not in a hurry because he wants to fulfill his purpose on earth before.
I decided to ask him what was that purpose, to which he replied: The ability to help forge better people for this world, that young people today do not make the same mistakes that I made, that we all learn that once that we hit bottom ... ONLY REMAINS.
Hello, if you came to this part of the story, thank you very much for having read everything, this is a copy entirely written by my authorship to be able to give advice to today's society, that we understand that we can be better people if not we propose them and that whenever we can help someone, we do it without expecting anything in return, because we never know if we can save a person from a great abyss with our good will. I hope that if you like me very much let me know in the comments and I can count on your support, I love writing and I hope I can bring many more stories for you!
You are writing in Spanish and using a web translator?
Translate from Spanish to English....then, turn them around and translate from English to Spanish. That way you will see some of your mistakes.
I use this one: https://www.bing.com/translator/
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