The Creator of Own Path

Once, Thomas A. Edison was busy in invention with his team. He would have tried almost seven hundred methods to get this invention done, but with no luck.  Every time, he was getting debacle in his pursuit towards his invention. All his members who were indulged in this pursuit were younger and energetic. But after some time, they all had left all the hope to get the invention completed. Every time, Thomas comes to the lab with the same zeal and confidence. No one was understanding, why Thomas was looking so enthusiastic about this invention, although, there was no any ray of hope visible of getting it done. All the members were demotivated and demoralized expect Thomas, he had strong believe that he would complete his mission, no matter, how many failure he would get.  

Once Thomas came out from the lab with warm smile, everyone thought, might be, he got some way out. He told to them with smile, “I got one more failure in this pursuit”.  Everyone was numb by thinking, he got failure, and he is smiling and celebrating like he got the success. He told to them, “This is not merely the failure, I got one more step ahead towards my success, I am not going to use this method again, I will not knock seven hundred doors again to get the success, which I have already tried, it is clear that no way out hidden in these doors, I will knock another doors. One thing is certain that there is definite way out for this pursuit. Only remaining thing is to find out the right door which will lead us towards our invention. This attitude of Thomas made him the inventor of 1,093 inventions, and founder of 14 companies.

What we see in life as failure, in fact, these are not failures rather these are the steps to reach our goal. Some recognize this truth and gain the grand success, and some see himself as a looser and quit. There is no failure or success; there are only outcomes of our activities. It is easy to walk on the path made by others, but geniuses are those who make the path for themselves and leave their indelible footprint forever for others to walk.