WHO DETERMINE THE FATE OF A CHILD

A friend of mine, Mallam Moshood, one of the lmams in Akpajo central mosques rivers state sent me a story that touches my heart and I decided to share with those that follows my blog especially parents. “Who determined the faith of a child”. As parents how patient are you with your children mostly when they are facing challenges, when the going is getting tougher. Have you ever realized that the words you alter to your child can go a long way determine what that child will become in future in respective of his present condition? Please take a moment and go through the story of a genius, Thomas Edison.
GENIUS OR MENTALLY ILL
A story is told about a young Thomas Edison who came home one day with a paper for his mother. He told her, my teacher told me to give this paper only to my mother.
Thomas’ mother read the note and her eyes filled with tears. Thomas asked his mother what the note said, and she read it aloud, Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself.
And that’s exactly what Thomas’ mother did, she home-schooled her child with devotion.
As the story goes, many years later after Thomas Edison’s mother passed on, and he was now one of the world’s greatest inventors, he found a folded paper among other family items.
He open the very same paper that had been handed to him to give his mother and read the following message; “Your son is mentally ill, we won’t let him come to school anymore”.
At that moment, Edison realized what his mother had done for him so many years ago.
He wrote in his diary; Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that by a hero mother, became the genius of the century.
In the book of proverbs we learn; the words of the reckless piece like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Can you imagine what might have happened to Thomas Edison if the mother had read to him the reckless and hurtful words written by his teacher? He might never have invented the light bulb or made his many other contributions to society.
Thank God for the wisdom and the wise words of his mother! She created the context in which her son could grow to his full potential.
MORAL
Let’s take this message to heart and resolve to use our words for healing today. You might be a parent, what do you say to you children.
You might be a teacher, what do you say to your students especially the one that are not really performing well presently.
What do you say about your parents, family, boss, subordinate, leader, colleague, followers. Just as hurtful words can cause uncontrolled damage for life, so can wise words positively affect a person for life.
May the words you use today change a life for better. So wisely select you words inspiringly when communicating with anyone in your day to day life and make a different in the life of others; so said the story.