It Was NOT Too Cold
It was a frigid winter evening, the kind that creeps into the bones and never quite leaves. A young businessman was briskly walking down the street, his coat pulled tightly around him to ward off the biting cold. As he passed by a shivering old beggar, he couldn't help but take pity on the man's condition.
"How are you?" he asked kindly, stopping to look at the beggar.
The poor old soul was in no condition to answer. He was feverish and weak, and his body was shaking uncontrollably from the intense cold.
"Don't you have warm clothes?" the young man inquired.
"I get to eat once in couple of days, how can I have warm clothes?" the beggar replied weakly, his voice trembling with cold.
The young man was moved by the beggar's words. He decided to help him in any way he could.
"I have an urgent meeting to attend, but I promise to bring you some warm clothes on my way back. Today is the last day you will be without clothes," he said kindly before rushing off to his meeting.
As the night wore on, the old beggar waited patiently for the young man to return. An hour passed, then two. The cold was relentless, and the beggar's condition grew worse by the minute. Cold did not bother him this much any day. Midnight came and went, and still, the young man did not return.
The next morning, the businessman remembered his promise to the beggar and rushed back to the spot where he had left him. What he found there was a heartbreaking sight. The beggar was lying dead, surrounded by a group of people.
When the young man asked what had happened, a stranger told him the tragic story.
"He died of the cold," the stranger said.
"What! he had been living on the street for many days and how he can die suddenly when it was relatively less cold last night?" surprisingly asked the young man.
"He had been living on the streets for many days, but last night, a man gave him hope. He promised to bring him warm clothes, and the beggar waited all night for him. But he never came. He was used to of bearing cold but maybe not to false HOPES."
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‘Most important plan of every plan is to plan on the plan not going according to the plan’ — Morgan Housel
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