One day thomas edison came home and
gave 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 for
training him. please teach him yourself.
.
after many, many years, edison’s
mother died and he
was now one of the greatest inventors
of the century, one
day he was looking through old family
things.
.
suddenly he saw a folded paper
in the corner of a drawer in a desk.
he took it and opened it up.
.
on the paper was written :
your son is addled [mentally ill].
we won’t let him come to school any more.
.
edison cried for hours
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.”
.
never give up.
be confident.
remember any battle is won
twice – first in your head . .