370. The promise of the angel

The promise of the angel

One day, an angel approached a man and told him that he would have a marvellous future.

You will be rich, famous and marry a beautiful woman and have a lot of children.

However, the man waited and waited for the promise of the angel, and in the end the man

died alone and poor.

When the man arrived to the pearly gates of heaven, he recognized the angel and said:

“Nothing you promised to me came true”

“I didn´t promise you anything said the angel. I only told you that you would have the

opportunity to reach your goals in life”.

The man was confused, yet the angel continued to explain him more things.

“Do you remember that you had the idea to set up a business, but at the last moment you

decided not to because you were afraid it would be a disaster and lose a lot of money?

Some years later, another man set up the same business you had in mind, and now he´s a

millionaire.

And do you remember when there was a terrible earthquake in your city and you decided to

stay home so that nobody would rob you.

This was your chance of becoming famous if you had abandoned your home and setting an

example to other people to leave their houses.

And finally, do you remember the beautiful redhead that you were afraid to approach

because you thought she would reject you.

She would have become your wife and mother of your children”

Often in life, opportunities will come our way, but like this man, we don´t take advantage of

them because we are so afraid and insecure of ourselves.

This can at times stop us from making the right decisions.

So, don´t be afraid to do things that you really want to do.

Vocabulary

approached = se acercó

Would have = tendría

However = sin embargo

In the end = al final

pearly gates of heaven = puertas del cielo

came true = se cumplió

reach your goals = alcanzar tus metas

yet = sin embargo

set up  = montar

lose = perder

had in mind = tenias en mente

earthquake = terremoto

so that  = para que

chance  = oportunidad

setting an example = poniendo como ejemplo

redhead = peliroja

approach = acercarse

reject  = rechazarte

become  = convertido

come our way = se nos ofrecen

like = como

take advantage = aprovechar

so = tanto

at times  = a veces

Cancion con subtitulos en ingles de James Blunt "You´re beautiful"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4aLBSNOEu0