Do not fear mistakes. You will know
failure. Continue to reach out – it is this very attitude
that propels one to greatness. Don’t believe it? Take a look at the life of the
man who uttered these words of wisdom, and you shall be convinced!
Benjamin
Franklin was born on 17th of January, 1706, to a poor soap-maker from Boston,
Massachusetts. Despite lacking formal education, Benjamin excelled in whatever
he did. He started working in his brother James’s printing press at the tender
age of 12 and quickly learnt the art of printing.
His
quote “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about”
reminds one, of the time when under the alias of Mrs. Silence Dogood, he penned
16 letters that commented on the various aspects of colonial America, as his
brother would not print his work. He left his house to seek out his own when he
was just 17, following his brother’s displeasure of the same.
“Energy
and persistence conquer all things” is perhaps what he learnt, when he ventured
into the unknown streets of New York and then Philadelphia where he established
a successful printing press all by himself. He steadily but surely ascended the
ladders of wisdom, society and politics, to the extent that he was chosen by
the people of his state to represent them and later to form the constitution of
their nation! He also made a significant contribution in the field of science
by revealing the innate nature of electricity; a dilemma that dumbfounded
scholars for decades.
By
the time he grew old, he had earned titles like author, printer, political
theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist,
civic activist, statesman, and diplomat, which aptly describe the multi-faceted
person he was!
This
Founding Father of America’s original genius was an attribute that set him
apart from the rest and the search for truth was his singular objective, which
he did well with reason as his guide.
Let
us salute his courage, revolutionary ideas and never-say-die attitude and try
to imbibe the qualities that made him great!
- Deep Trivedi
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