Difficulties in Life ?
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This document discusses several famous historical figures who faced disabilities or difficulties but still achieved great success, including Helen Keller, Beethoven, Einstein, Hawking, Roosevelt, Milton, Edison, Bell, and Alexander Graham Bell. It notes the hardships they overcame, such as deafness, blindness, paralysis, and learning disabilities. The main message is that if these people could achieve so much despite their disabilities, then a person's health or abilities should not prevent them from also being successful, as what really matters is having a positive attitude and facing challenges with a smile.
![Alexander Graham Bell
(March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922
Scottish scientist, inventor, engineer and
innovator who is credited with inventing the
first practical Telephone.
Bell being awarded the first US Patent for the
telephone in 1876
Hearing Impaired
Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including ground breaking work in
optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888, Bell became one of the
founding members of the
National Geographic Society.[8] He has been described as one of the most influential
figures in human history](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/onewordstoryattitude-130827012511-phpapp02/85/Difficulties-in-Life-12-320.jpg)
Difficulties in Life ?
- 2. A Butterfly’s Lesson”One day, a small oppening appeared on a cocoon; a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.
- 3. Then, it seems to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any further.
- 4. So the man decided to help the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a withered body, it was tiny and shrivelled wings.
- 5. The man continued to watch because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would open, enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly’s body, and become firm.
- 6. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shrivelled wings. It never was able to fly.
- 7. What the man, in his kindness and his goodwill did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening, were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings, so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
- 8. Sometimes, struggl es are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. Never been able to fly.
- 9. I asked for Strength... And God gave me difficulties to make me strong. Iasked for Wisdom... And God gave me Problems to solve. I asked for prosperity... And God gave me a Brain and Brawn to work.
- 10. I asked for Courage….. And God gave me obstacles to overcome. I asked for Love... And God gave me Troubled people to help.
- 11. I asked for Favors... And God gave me Opportunities. “I received nothing I wanted... But I received everything I needed."
- 12. Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922 Scottish scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical Telephone. Bell being awarded the first US Patent for the telephone in 1876 Hearing Impaired Many other inventions marked Bell's later life, including ground breaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils and aeronautics. In 1888, Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.[8] He has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history
- 13. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American Inventor and Businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the Phonograph, the motion picture Camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light Bulb. Edison developed a system of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Pearl Street in Manhattan, New York USA. His mother taught him at home Edison developed hearing problems at an early age. The cause of his deafness has been attributed to a bout of Scarlet Fever during childhood. And later this deafness occurred because injury occurred when the conductor, in helping him onto a moving train, lifted him by the ears. Edison sold candy and newspapers on trains running from Port Huron to Detroit, and sold vegetables to supplement his income
- 14. Stephen William Hawking born 8 January 1942 Is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. Hawking has a motor neuron disease related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a condition that has progressed over the years. He is almost entirely paralysed and communicates through a speech generating device Although at school he was known as "Einstein", but Hawking was not initially successful academically.
- 15. Albert Einstein 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) Einstein is the great scientist of the twentieth century and notable physicist of all time. It is told that Despite such problems he later became the noble prize winner for his contribution to the Physics. His theory of relativity is considered as a revolutionary development of Physics. He got Noble Prize in Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the Photoelectric Effect and for his research in Theoretical physics. he had learning disability in his childhood. He could not talk till he was three and could not read till he was eight.
- 16. John Milton 9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674 Milton is the great English poet and widely known for his epic “Paradise lost”. However, before writing this famous epic he became blind at 43. Blindness could not make him stop form practicing literature. This great poet is considered as the most learned English poet as he had knowledge in different disciplines including theology, philosophy, history, politics, li terature and science
- 17. Ludwig van Beethoven 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven is the great German composer and musician who was deaf at the later part of his life. In his early life he was famous as a pianist. He got the primary knowledge of music from his father, Johann van Beethoven who was a musician in the electoral court. He has some mysterious power which led him to create famous composes one after another. He went Vienna and learned many things from some of the prominent musicians. After his age of 28, he started becoming deaf and his personal life was not so peaceful. He composed many piano Sonatas such as Waldstein, Appassionata etc.
- 18. Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) Helen Keller is the bravest and the most amazing disabled person ever born. She was deaf, blind and mute and despite of this she was one of the greatest women activist, socialist, authors and was the first deaf blind person to get a bachelors degree in arts. Anne Sullivan was Helen’s tutor who motivated her to study and compelled her to use her sense of touch and her mental power to achieve all the success that she was capable to achieve. Helen Keller was born a normal child, but at the age of three a fever hit her which made her loose her sense of vision, hearing and speaking. Her parents hired for her a tutor at the age of twelve who was Anne Sullivan. With the aid and support of Anne, Helen Achieved the success no one had ever imagined a deaf blind and mute person would do
- 19. Franklin D Roosevelt January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945 also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. A dominant leader of the Democratic Party and the only American president elected to more than two terms, Franklin D. Roosevelt's paralytic illness began in 1921 at age 39, when he got a fever, He was diagnosed with poliomyelitis While Roosevelt's bout with illness was well known during his terms as President of the United States,
- 20. If all these disabilities could not stop them to become MOST Famous People of the History. And Changing the Whole World. Then Why ? Our Complete health could not lead us to Become Successful Human being But the way which They Have and we are lacking Is Positive Attitude toward life And face difficulties with Welcome Smile.