Thursday, October 27, 2011

Are you just a Foot Note?

Dear Friends,

Can You Guess who are these people by looking at the picture?? and without looking at the names below.
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1.Albert Einstein
2.Beethoven
3.Steve Jobs
4.Christopher Columbus
5.William Shakespeare
6.Nelson Mandela


How many pictures did you guess correctly? What was the reaction when you saw the names? For most of you it would have been something along the lines of "oohhhh...I know them". You may not have been familiar with their pictures, but you would have definitely heard of their names, wouldn’t you? Who are these people? What comes to your mind when you hear these names? What have they done? Aren't these some of the people who have made a great difference in this world? In other words, Legends of our times!!!.

How did they become Legends? And why can't we? Albert Einstein, a genius but once a failure in school, he never gave up, and ended up as the person who found out the theory of relativity. Beethoven lost his hearing but managed to produce some of the greatest music pieces of all times. Even deafness could not stop him, as he devoted his soul to the music which he loved the most. Steve Jobs a person who did a revolutionary change to Information Technology and Mobile. He was fired from the company he co-founded, but managed to take it over again as he was a believer of success and a person with determination. Christopher Columbus, an explorer who had the courage and braveness to battle the challenges he faced while voyaging. William Shakespeare, a thinker and a great writer who actually made readers believe that the characters in his fictions were true. Nelson Mandela, a humanitarian and a leader who was able to forgive the people who made him a prisoner and went on to became one of the best Presidents in the world. 

Do you think that they have ever thought they would be legends one day? Legends are not born, but become. There are lots of people who were born and gone, but only a few names are remembered. The reason is that they did their best on what they were good at. They were committed and devoted to what they were doing. They never gave up no matter how hard they were let down or whatever the disappointments they had. They were brave and courageous enough to face the challenges they met and to overcome it. Becoming famous is only temporary, but the names of legends will last forever.

What do you want to become? Just a foot note in this world to be forgotten or a legend? Think and Act.


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