‘I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who
gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing.’
-Thomas Edison
A little reflection on the above question will open us to
insight on our capability. Someone once said that some are born great while
some choose to be great. What actually makes the difference in life is the
choices that we make. Anyone can choose to be successful. It is all a matter of
choice.
However, a lot of people died for the lie but they always
thought it was the truth. You may be little on the outside but you are not on
the inside. You are loaded with potentials looking for expression. You are like
a butterfly in a cocoon. The world has not really discovered what you are
loaded with. You have sometimes been used and dumped by selfish folks. You
might also have been physical, emotionally, and sexually abused. All these do
not negate the fact that greatness is in you. You only need to make that choice
to periscope into the future and see through the lens by which God sees you.
Keep on the sunny side of life.
Thomas Edison is the world gold standard for invention and
innovation. No one has ever duplicated the sheer volume and depth of his 1093
patents, virtually defining the standard of living we enjoy today. He invented
both products and systems to support those products. His classic inventions
were the phonograph, the electric light bulb and electric power industry, and
motion pictures.
However, the beginning did not look promising. Edison grew
up poor; was going deaf at an early age; had a horrible father; didn’t go to
school (received training from his mother); and spent his entire life working
in the lab. But something spectacular about Edison, his cognitive ideas were
beyond intellectual reasoning. He had something distinct streaming at the
deeper side of his thinking faculty. According to a magazine, ‘…because of him,
the millennium will end in a wash of brilliant light rather than in torchlight
darkness as it began.
Some are born to be great, to own, grow and lead. Some are
born to be captains of industries; to be highly efficient staff but anyone can
choose to be great irrespective of prevailing circumstances. Anyone can choose
to leave the backseat and take the wheel; lead the train and be successful.
Greatness is earned never awarded!
Amb.Elijah Falode
Inspire.Empower.Lead
