I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work

One day Thomas Edison came home and gave a paper to his mother. He told her, "My teacher gave me this paper and told me to only give it to my mother."

His mother's eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her child: Your sin is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn't have enough good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself.

After many, many years, after Edison's mother died and he was one of the greatest investors of the century, one day he was looking through old family things. Suddenly he saw a folded paper in the corner of a drawer in a desk. He took it and opened it up.

On the paper was written: Your son is addled (mentally ill). We won't let him come to school anymore.

Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary: "Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by her mother, became the genius of the century."


Moral: Never give up. Be confident

Women Will Always Win, Great Story

After 37 years of marriage, Jake dumped his wife for his young secretary.

His new girlfriend demanded that they live in Jake and Edith's multi-million dollar home. Since Jake had better lawyers, he prevailed. He gave Edith, his now ex-wife, just 3 days to move out.

She spent the 1st day packing her belongings into boxes and crates.

On the second day, she had two movers come and collect her things.

On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp shells dipped in caviar into the hollow of all the curtain rods. She then cleaned up the kitchen and left.

When Jake returned with his new girlfriend, all was a bliss for the first few days.

Then slowly, the house began to smell. They tried everything- cleaning, mopping, and airing the place out. Vents were checked for dead rodents and carpets were cleaned. Air fresheners wee brought in to set off gas canisters during which they had to move out for a few days and in the end they even replaced the expensive wool carpeting. Nothing worked.

People stopped coming over to visit. Repairman refused to work in the house. The maid quit.

Finally, they could not take the stench and longer and decided to move.

A month later, even though they had cut their price in half, they could not find a buyer for their stinky house. Word got out and eventually even the realtors refused to return their calls. Finally they had to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank to purchase a new home.

Edith called Jake and asked how things were going. He told her the saga of the rotting house. She listened politely and said that she missed her old home terribly and would be willing to reduce her divorce settlement in the exchange for getting the house back.

Knowing his ex-wife had no idea how bad the smell was, he agreed on a price that was about 1/10th of what the house had been worth, but only if she were to sign the papers that very day. She agreed and within the hour, his lawyers delivered the paperwork.

A week later, Jake and his girlfriend stood smiling as they watched the moving company pack everything to take to their new home....


Including the curtain rods.


From: postsforall.com