One day Thomas Edison came home and handed over a paper to his mother. He told her, “My teacher gave this paper to me and told me to only give it to my mother.” His mother’s eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her child, “Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach him yourself.”
Many years after Edison’s mother had died, Edison had become one of the greatest inventors of the century. One day he was going through the old closet and he found the folded letter which was given to him by his teacher . He opened it, the message written on the letter was, “Your son is mentally ill. We cannot let him attend our school anymore. He is expelled.”
Edison was emotional upon reading it and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century.” Edison said many years later, "My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me, and I felt I had someone to live for, someone I must not disappoint."
A mother’s encouragement and positive affirmation changed the destiny of a child who became one of the greatest minds to live on earth.
Never give up, Be confident. Always remember, be it in life, sports, career or any competition – any battle is won twice – First in your head and then in reality...
Stay Positive!!
Many years after Edison’s mother had died, Edison had become one of the greatest inventors of the century. One day he was going through the old closet and he found the folded letter which was given to him by his teacher . He opened it, the message written on the letter was, “Your son is mentally ill. We cannot let him attend our school anymore. He is expelled.”
Edison was emotional upon reading it and then he wrote in his diary, “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century.” Edison said many years later, "My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me, and I felt I had someone to live for, someone I must not disappoint."
A mother’s encouragement and positive affirmation changed the destiny of a child who became one of the greatest minds to live on earth.
Never give up, Be confident. Always remember, be it in life, sports, career or any competition – any battle is won twice – First in your head and then in reality...
Stay Positive!!
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