dil chahta hai

three friends
in same job
learnt trading together
started trading together
made their first lac together.
they all decided to celebrate their achievement
together
by going for a long drive
like amir, akshay and saif
in 'dil chahta hai'.
for this they decided to pool in
half of what they had earned in the market in their first rendezvous.
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and they did.
and what a vacation it turned out to be.
on the last day of their vacation
their car met with an accident.
all three got escaped unhurt.
but car was badly damaged.
after insurance
they had to shell out the balance
(half a lac each).
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the vacation and stock market triumph
was thoroughly over.
they returned by sunday.
monday dawned.
the first friend thought
"i made money, so god punished me with this mishap."
the second friend thought
"thank god i made extra money from the market, otherwise how could i meet such expenses."
the third friend thought
"i should improve and focus more. i must earn more and more in the market so that such hiccups don't bother me in future!"
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five years down the line
the first friend had quit trading and settled in the job, happily.
the second friend is in mutual funds, happily.
the third friend has quit the job and a professional trader, happily.
and all of them lived happily thereafter.
unexpected mishaps still happen in all of their lives
but they have no excuses.