THE PROFILE OF HEROS (part 2)

Thomas Alva Edison invented the incandescent lightbulb.
The movie camera and the batteries that starts our cars.
Toward the autumn years of his life,he worked in a modest building that resembled a barn. There, with his son,Edison would often remain late into the night,laboring to Perfect his inventions. One evening,in an attempt to improve the rentention of a battery’s charge,an unfortunate combination of chemicals caused His lastesd experiment to burst into flames. The fire quickly spread through the old wooden structure,and what as a minor chemical combustion exploded into a towering inferno.

Edison’s son quickly evacuated the building. Using his smock to shield him from the heat of the flames,he desperately called for his father,fearing Edison might still bf in the barn trying to save his precious lifework. Running frantically, the young man circled the barn,hoping his father had escaped through another exit. One his second time around the building,he turned a corner and,to his great relief,therestood his legendary father.
Edison’s hands weee buried deep in his soot-speckled smock,his white hair blackened with ash. He was watching intently as flames devoured the structure.
Father! Cried Edison’s son. “I was afraid you were still inside!” Without taking his eye off the flames, Edison said,with a sense of urgency, “Son,go get your mother!”
“Why,Dad”
With a twinkle in his eye his father replied, Because your mother comes from a small town and she’s never seen a fire like this before!”
When the flames has finished their work, leaving only ash and a twisted frame,Edison turned to his son. “You know anyone who has a tractor?”
Yes, Dad, but why!”
Edison answered, “Because it’s time to rebuild, Boy it’s time to rebuild”

Wendy stoker and Thomas Edison.What great models for each of us! But what was it that kept was the fuel that compelled them to move beyond their setbacks.