THOMAS EDISON

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Some people come and say my age has passed or months are passing, years are passing, but nothing is changing, I am working hard, but nothing is changing, still I am the same. To them I felt like telling a story.

In December 1914, on a cold night, in New Jersey a big fire happened. What was burned was not just any building. It was Thomas Edison’s research lab – the place where his thousands of experiments and inventions were kept.

By the time fire trucks arrived, the building was gone… years of hard work… millions of dollars of research… all turned to ashes.

Edison was 67 years old. People thought this was his end. His son Charles searched through the smoke and confusion to find his father.

At last when he did, Edison was calmly watching the flames. Charles asked, “Father, everything is gone. What are we going to do?”

Edison looked at him and said, “Go get your mother. She will never see a fire like this again in her life.”

That was it. No tears, no anger, no despair.

Next morning itself Edison called his team and said, “Thank God all our mistakes burned up. Now we can start fresh.” We erased our mistakes. Now we can begin again.

Within weeks Edison created one of his most famous inventions – the phonograph.

Sometimes when life feels stuck, we think it’s the end. Like everything we built is gone. That’s the thing about life. Sometimes fire is not the end.

So if you feel stagnant right now — in your job, in your relationship, or in your life — maybe this isn’t destruction. Maybe it’s just life saying: “It’s time to begin again.”