The Clock Shop on the Hill

A child wandered into an old clock shop perched atop a quiet hill.
“I want to buy time,” the child said. “My dreams keep shrinking.”

The elderly woman smiled gently and handed over a small hourglass.
“This,” she said, “is the Clock of 72.

Spend just one hour a day on your dream.
After 72 days, that time will return to you—doubled.
It’s one of the world’s oldest laws.”

She paused, then added softly:

72 ÷ rate of return = the time it takes to double.
A simple formula—
but within it lives patience, and the quiet power of belief.

So the child began to play the guitar, one hour each day.
And every 72 days, the music reached a little farther.

Ten years later, standing beneath the stage lights, he said:

“Compound interest was never just about numbers.
It was another name for faith.
And for showing up, every single day.”