Lighting up the world, with # Edison’s bulb.
Hello there, well after some poetic and story blogs its time for the scientists inside to make way for his words,
This post is a tribute to a great scientist, entrepreneur, investor, industrialist.
Its 18th October. Death anniversary of legendary inventor Thomas Alva Edison.
My role model ( haha i have many in every field).
Started working to sell newspapers at age of 12.
Struggle all through his life to achieve whatever he had in front of his name today.
1093 US patents.
2332 worldwide patents.
Founder Owener of General Electric.
Well his all success and glory u can find it on web but what made a small poor child to a greatest inventor of world?
I heard a small story about it.
Hope you like it,
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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, after
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.”
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Posted on October 18, 2015, in Uncategorized and tagged Edison, inspiration. Bookmark the permalink. 93 Comments.
Reblogged this on blabberwockying! and commented:
A very inspiring story. Growing up, I used to read Edison’s story and they motivated me. I thank Shadab for sharing this wonderful tale with us. Love and light ❤
Anand 🙂
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EDISON’S MOM SAID TO THE SCHOOL TEACHERS: MY BOY IS A GENIUS. HE WANTED TO HELP THE HENS AND ASKED IF HE COULD PLEASE SIT ON THE EGG TO HELP HATCH IT. HE WAS MAY BE 3..
OUR MOTHERS BECOME OUR INNER VOICES.
TY FOR THIS POST! 🙂
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Welcome dear.
I thought it inspiring so shared ,
Hope it lightens up all.
Thank you for your kind words and feedback.
Keep supporting.
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TY for you support!! Pl comment 🙂 means so much!!
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Hello Shadab,
Growing up, Edison inspired me a lot! This is such a beautiful and inspiring tale. I have shared it on my blog. I didn’t know about 2332 patents worldwide. I had heard about 1093 patents only. So thanks for this post!
I have also shared it on the social media so that others may get inspired.
Have a lovely weekend and a great week ahead!
Love and light ❤
Anand 🙂
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Its my pleasure dear that you find something in it.
Yes i agree it is inspiring.
Thank you for your feedbacks.
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Wonderful!
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Thank you doctor.
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What a beautiful story😊.
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Thank you dear.
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You are welcome 🙂
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I loved it..!!
Thomas Elva Edison is my favorite scientist ever!! My role model as a kid.
His story i so inspiring,how his mother homeschooled him.And after all that he invented the most important thing in our life these days..And after so many attempts.Definitely was’t easy!!
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Yes .
After over 1000 of failed attempts.
But he just kept his efforts on.
Real mark of fighter, a great genius.
Thank you Sabah for your kind words.
Keep supporting.
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Your welcome…Have a good day ahead:)
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Thank you.same to you dear.
Best wishes.
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🙂 🙂
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I enjoyed this post. Imagine all the wonderful things created and what a great loss it would be if the inventors gave up when failing.
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Thank you dear for this kind words.
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What a great story! Thanks for sharing it with us.
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My pleasure brother.
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his mom knew better, moms know their children best!
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Yes.
I agree.
Thank you for your comments.
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Reblogged this on LORIEB and commented:
This post about Thomas Edison is very inspirational!
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this is such an amazing & motivating stuff … mom , i love you … thats only i can say …
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Yes.
Thank you for your comment.
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My pleasure
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I heard this story recently and loved it – such a great one. Thanks for sharing!
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You are most welcome dear sarah,
Thanks for your kind words and stopping by.
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This story makes for a bright spot in my day. Thank you for sharing.
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Welcome dear.
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I absolutely love this story. My daughter is exceptionally bright and as a pre-schooler I was trying to explain that to her teachers but when she was at pre-school, she’d blend into her environment and wasn’t doing the same level of work as at home. She has that inventive brain and I look at her and think she could find a cure, invent something that changes lives and that needs to be developed to its full potential. Not to show off or just get good marks but for her to make an impact on the planet in some way xx Rowena
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Absolutely right dear.
We should teach our children to be good, honest, hardworkers, positive, helpful for others, for humanity.
So that they become a better and better human beings.
Its nice to hear about your daughter.
Hopefully one day she will make her name stand out of millions by her work and thinking.
Convey my greetings to her.
( you didn’t mention her name)
Best wishes.
May God bless you, her and your family.
Thank you for your kind words.
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Her name is Milly. Thankyou very much. I’ll let her know. God bless you too! xx Rowena
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Received with gratitude.
Thank you dear.
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This story is wonderful and also shows the power of a parent’s words.
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Yes.
Parents are roots of our life’s tree.
Without their guidance everything just meaningless.
Thank you for your comment.
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Yes, well said.
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Inspiring.
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Actually it made me crying very heart touching
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Glad to hear that it touched your heart.
Thank you for your kind words.
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This is the first time we have twitted another bloggers post, but we just had to share this wonderful & inspirational story.
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Thank you dear.
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As a former English teacher, this broke my heart, Praise God for a mother who knew the power of words. I had a student that in the 5th grade could not read her name after she wrote. Very severe dyslexia. I told her not to worry about spelling but to write a story from her heart to her Mother. After she wrote it, I asked her to read it to me. She read every word and we were both crying when She finished. I called her Mother in after school and she read it to her. She openly wept. Holly is today a teacher for children with dyslexia. Your story brought up those wonderful feelings of new self esteem for a child. Thank you. Debbie
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PS Thank you so very much for visiting my blog. I treasure every visit and every comment. Please come again. Blessings, Debbie
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Thats so sweet of you.
Thank you for your blessings.
Best wishes.
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This experience of you seems like a movie story of love , passion and struggle which lead to success by equally best hardwork and motivational guidance by the perfect rolemodel teacher like you.
I am honored to meet and talk you and felt awesomely mind blowing to hear yours story.
Yes it is difficult to deal with dyslexia but person’s like you teach us that nothing is impossible and hard to achieve in this world.
If your intentions are right, God’s blessings with you then anything is possible.
Thank you for sharing such a nice and motivational experience with us.
Loved to read.
Thank you dear once again.
Keep supporting.
Best wishes.
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It is because of the successes I’ve seen as a teacher when children learn the impossible because of the power of the love the have for you as a teacher when they are convinced you love and care about them. The Power of love is can do the impossible when absorbed and believed by the human spirit. Even so much more powerful when you multiply it by the infinite power and love of God is added in the mix. PTL !!!
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I loved this!
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Thank you.
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Good story, says it all about helping your child – and others around you, not just children – just by believing in them and in their ideas and capabilities. Unfortunately, it also says a lot about most eductional systems that aren’t geared to deal with or even acknowledge skills and personalities that don’t fit the “system”…
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Yes dear.
I agree.
Our education system not only have to train but have to educate also.
The morals, ethics, human values, creativity, respect to each.
And yaah there are people who didn’t fit the system but they managed to create their own system by their greatness.
Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words of feedback.
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Lovely story. I never knew this about him. Goes to show the extent our mothers will go to make us happy and help us become the best we can be. Really interesting… I hope to read more from you, I’m sure I’ll enjoy them like this one and please do visit my blog from time to time I’ll appreciate it as I’m new to the blogging world… cheers!
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I am too new at this ,
Just 3-4 months here.
Sure dear.
My best wishes with you.
Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words.
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You’re welcome and thank you too.
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I always love reading this! The education system is designed to create a work force and not a creative imagination.
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Yes absolutely.
Instead of train we have to educate our children.
With morals, loyalty, humanity, courage, creativity,love and respect to each other.
Thank you for your nice thoughts on this topic.
You are always welcome here.
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Thank you 🙂
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I read your blog and I’m in love. Your style is unique, different, honest and impact on readers. I like your stories! I like when you talk about courage, confidence, willpower and strength to move forward. I am with my eyes on your blog.
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For that only i write.
To convey my thoughts to thoughtful readers like you.
Which appreciate and also comments of loop holes in writing.
Thank you for your kind words.
Keep supporting with your feedback and comments which will make me to reduce the mistakes in my writing and write more good as possible.
Your words meant lot to me.
Its my honor to meet people like you through this writing.
Thank you.
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What abt Guglielmo Marconi 😉?
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Yeah of course.
We wouldn’t have radios and all if he wasn’t that great.
Same about Nicoli Tesla, some say he was smartest scientist and always compared with Einstein.
Well the list is long.
Being smart or scientists isn’t necessary , its important to have impact on the world by your great deeds.
Thank you for your comment.
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This is the most touching piece of writing I have ever read. The power of a mother in most childrens lives is an inspiring story. Your story brought a lump to my throat.
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That’s your sweetness that you find something in it.
Yes of course the power of love is above all and it can do anything.
Thank you for kind words.
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The power of a mother’s love. I almost cried when I read this.
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A phenomenal tale, very inspiring.
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Thank you, k’lee.
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Beautiful story! Thomas’ mother was a very wise woman and it just goes to show what a person can accomplish when someone believes in them. We are who we think we are.
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Yes indeed.
Thank you for your thoughts.
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You’re welcome.
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Thanks for sharing that. Edison Electric lit New York.That first generator is now located at Greenfield Village in Detroit MI, near the Ford Museum.
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You are welcome dear , always.
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so interesting 🙂
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Yes indeed.
Thank you for your comment.
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I love this story, thank you for sharing.
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Most welcome.
Keep supporting.
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Of course, a pleasure
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Reblogged this on Dipyaman Roy and commented:
What a wonderful story! Very Inspiring 🙂
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Thanks a lot for the follow 🙂
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This is a great story! Thanks for the like; just dropping by to say hello, and see what you’re all about! Very nice blog 🙂
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Thank you dear.
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It is true what Edison said:’Man should be educated enough to know that education alone is not enough’.
Who knew then that that ‘addled’ boy would save us from dark nights?
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Yes indeed.
Superb words dear.
Thanks dear for stopping by and adding us with these great comment.
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Keep scribbling.
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Another nice piece of work. I like the variety in your writing.
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Yeah,
Thats how i can reach variety of people out there.
If i remain on just one or two things it will be difficult to take out something new for readers.
Thank you for your warm comments.
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Hi,
I think it’s great how you made this tribute to Edison. I teach 7th great history about the inventions of the past. You liked a comment I made on a poem. I wanted to come over to say thanks and introduce myself.
Janice
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Hey,
I am an engineer by profession.
Nice to see you.
Thanks for stopping by and for your kind words.
Best wishes.
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Three cheers for mothers!!! If it wasn’t for her he would have never had the wonderful education that he did… Homeschooling by a teacher that loves you. Best thing ever. 🙂
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Yes indeed.
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