It was on 22nd October, 1879
i.e. around 135 years ago that the great scientist Thomas Alva Edison had invented
the light bulb. My heart goes out to salute him simply for conceiving the idea
that something can light up too. However, more than the idea, I would like to
salute his determination to invent the bulb. As soon as, the idea of inventing
the light bulb surfaced in his mind, he entered the laboratory along with his team.
And you will not believe, the most essential element, the carbon filament that he
was searching for, was discovered after unsuccessfully experimenting with over
6000 various filaments and that too, after continually spending 27 days
experimenting in the laboratory... During this period, neither did his
enthusiasm abate nor did his confidence shake. And 27 days of concentrated
efforts and experiments, finally led to the illumination of the light bulb.
At present, nobody can even imagine
life without light. Perhaps for mankind, there can be no boon bigger than the availability
of light in darkness. So today, I salute the great Edison on behalf of the
whole world and ask you as well to develop the habit of adulating the great works
of great men. Given the chance, let gratefulness towards these legends grow within
you. Celebrate the birth anniversaries of Buddha, Christ and Krishna; we are indebted
to them, but also remember the great individuals from other fields. I promise
that Buddha, Krishna and Christ will not feel bad, but on the contrary they
will be happy.
And psychologically too, develop the
habit of being grateful to great men as it will firstly weaken your ego,
secondly, it will motivate you to become great and thirdly, when you adulate
these great men with all your heart, you too will begin to imbibe their
qualities… So then, why should we limit the sphere of our gratefulness and
confine it only to Buddha, Krishna and Christ?
Keep adding names to this list and
keep strengthening your foundation to become great.
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