AMOR-FATI - Learn To Love Your Fate

At age 67 , Thomas Edison faced a tragedy when one evening a man came rushing down to his house and informed that -

“Mr. Edison , a fire had been broken out at your research and production campus!”

When Edison reached the spot , he saw in front of his eyes - years and years of priceless records , prototypes and research turn into green and yellow flames. His empire was being burnt to ashes.

Edison calmly but quickly made his way to the fire , through the now hundreds of onlookers and devastated employees , looking for his son.

“Go get your mother and all her friends,” he told his son with a childlike excitement - They’ll never see a fire like this again”

WHAT??

Don’t worry , Edison calmed him. “It’s all right. We’ve just got rid of a lot of rubbish”.

Pretty amazing reaction isn’t it? How did he remain so calm in a situation like this?

The TRUTH is that he had no other choice. Crying/Pondering was not the way out.

HE ACCEPTED HIS FATE AND MOVED ON.

After that tragic incident , Edison built his lab once again and did more sales than he ever did previously.

What is the lesson here?

Learn To Love Your Fate.

If it happened, then it was meant to happen, and I am glad that it did when it did. I am meant to make the best of it.

Next time when something bad happens to you ,remind yourself : AMOR FATI.