There were two twins John and Michael. Both were brought up together by their parents. Their father was a supervisor in a company which was into under earth digging. Their mother was a home maker but she had a big vegetable farm in their courtyard. She used to grow veggies and once in a while used to sell them to vendors. It was not a financially very strong family but they were pretty happy with what they had. The twins grew gradually and it was observed that John was a very emotional person. He used to get attached to people in a manner that he would do anything for them. He would become sad when someone would narrate a sad tale to him. He would not leave his mother’s company when she would be working at the field. He had a girlfriend and he would do anything to keep her happy.
Michael was a practical boy. He would take life as it comes. Michael would only make friends who would be useful to him. He would help someone who he thought would return the favor sometime. If he did not have time, he would straight away say that and not keep anyone in dark. He never would ponder upon emotional questions, unlike John. Michael would only think about getting his own way in life.
Once, when both these brothers had completed their studies, they got an interview call from the same company. Both of them cleared the interview and got selected for the same positions. They were asked to join the company at a town around 100 miles from their county.
Both the brothers had good looking girlfriends. John told his girlfriend that he had to go out and start working. His girlfriend was happy to know but was sad at the same time because she would miss him when he would have gone. She expressed how she felt to John and she broke into tears saying repeatedly that she would miss him when he was gone. John bade her goodbye but on his way back home, he decided to stay back and her mother grow her business rather than going out of town. Michael, being practical, never told his girlfriend that he was leaving for good. He kept his career as his first priority and proceeded out of town to get a new life. He joined the company and then called up his girlfriend informing her that he had joined work but could not tell her because he wanted to surprise her with the news. His girlfriend showed the same emotions as John’s girlfriend had. But Michael told her that he would pray and try to marry her in the future but he would establish himself first so that he could keep her happy after marriage.
Five years went by now Michael is married to his then girlfriend and is also a manager in his company. They live in a bigger city and have bought a house of their own. They have their own individual cars and Michael is working on a plan to eventually start his own business and become and entrepreneur. He has been paying all medical bills for his father and has bought his mom a fresh vegetable business licensed outlet in her town.
John is still working on the fields and helping his mother in the business set up by Michael. His girlfriend ditched him three years ago blaming that he was a looser and could not be successful like his brother. He became so upset after she left that he tried to commit suicide but was saved by his father. He still has not been able to come out of the depression and sometimes isolates himself from the world.
Moral of the story is: Be practical in your approach towards life. Understand your priorities. Emotional ties can ruin your life, if they are not worth keeping. No one will care for you if you are an emotional fool but you will acquire everything that you have wanted if you are a practical winner.
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