There is something beautiful about every creature of God

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Om Sri Sai Ram

 

WHEN AMERICA TURNED ITS LIGHTS OFF

 

Thomas, an eight-year-old boy, sickly and partially

deaf, was far behind his classmates in academics. The

teachers were unhappy with him because he was slow to

pick up the subjects and his classmates made fun of

him.

 

Thomas lived in an unkind world. But he had a mother

who was happy to be with him. A mother who would sit

with him each evening at the kitchen counter and

listen to how bad his day had been.

 

One day, Thomas came home with a letter from the

headmaster of his school. He was expelled because his

learning ability was too poor.

 

His mother did not fuss much about the letter. She

knew he was slower than most others, but she believed

Thomas could learn if lessons were taught to him with

love.

 

She worked on teaching him herself at home. It began

to work. Soon Thomas started inventing several new

things, a lot of them were unworkable in the

beginning.

 

When Thomas finally died, the whole nation of the

United States of America honoured him by switching off

the lights throughout the entire country for one

minute.

 

This is the Thomas whom his headmaster expelled from

school because his brain worked slower; the one whose

classmates laughed at.

 

This Thomas was Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the

light bulb and phonograph. He was, in fact, one of the

most prolific inventors of the 20th century holding a

record 1,093 patents in his name.

 

The teasing classmates were part of those who honoured

Edison when America turned its lights off to

commemorate his death.

 

There is something beautiful about every creature of

God, and particularly so about every human being. Who

are we to criticise a person created in the image and

likeness of God? Let us learn to discover beauty in

every person we meet!

 

- Moolyasudha, June 2005.

 

Source: http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_03/10OCT01/thomas-edison.htm