Saturday, 15 June 2013

Sir Alexander Fleming, The guy who discovered Penicilin



Ever heard that what goes round always comes round, read this story…..
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow
and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.
"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."
"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.
"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.
"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education.
If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."

And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.
Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia.
What saved him? Penicillin.
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.
His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.
My friend when u are kindhearted, people may accuse u of self-seeking, ulterior motives: But be kind anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight: But create anyway. If u find serenity, peacefulness and happiness, some may be jealous. But be happy anyway. The good you do today, may be forgotten. But do good anyway. You give the best you have, and it may never be enough: But give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you  and God: it was never between you and them anyway.“

“People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered; forgive them anyway” - Mother Teresa.

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