well, i don't exactly know what my teacher ask about inspirational story so i just write about inspirational figures and inspirational story
Here are a few examples of failures that made good to keep you inspired to keep failing and never quit.
1. J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter
novels was waitressing and on public assistance when she was writing
the first installment of what would become one of the best selling
series in history. The book was rejected by a dozen publishers. The
only reason it got published at all was because the CEO's eight year
old daughter begged him to publish it.“Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential.” - J.K. Rowling
Now, if that isn't a great Zen line, I don't know what is!
2. Michael Jordan
It
might come as a shock, but the man who became what many would call the
best basketball player of all time didn't make his high school
basketball team.“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” - Michael Jordan
3. Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison was both hearing impaired and fidgety. He only lasted three months in school where his teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He eventually was home schooled by his mom. In talking about his invention of the light bulb, he said:
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that do not work.” - Thomas Edison
4. James Carville
When
I was a kid I was obsessed with political campaigns the way other kids
were obsessed with sports. During the 1992 Presidential campaign there
was no greater superstar-whacko than Clinton's political operative,
James Carville. With his shaved bald head, snake-like facial features,
and his deep Louisiana accent he seemed like a man out of the Twilight Zone!He's now considered to be one of the greatest political operatives of a generation. But, before he ended up on that fateful campaign in his early 40's he was dead broke, had won only a handful of elections, and had never even been approved for a credit card. On paper, he looked like a complete failure. By not giving up he ended up in the White House.
"No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously." - James Carville
5. Ludwig van Beethoven
His
early skills at music and the violin were decidedly less than
impressive. His teachers thought him hopeless. It was his father who
saw the potential in him and took over his education. Beethoven slowly
lost his hearing throughout his life and yet, four of his greatest
works were composed when he was completely deaf."Beethoven can write music, thank God, because he can't do anything else!" - Ludwig van Beethoven
Inspirational Story
Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.
Months passed, and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved from its branch since the day it had arrived.
The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to tend to the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly.
He presented the task to the member of his court, but the next day, the king saw through the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its perch.
Having tried everything else, the king thought to himself, “May be I need someone more familiar with the countryside to understand the nature of this problem.” So he cried out to his court, “Go and get a farmer.”
In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his court, “Bring me the doer of this miracle.”
The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king. The king asked him, “How did you make the falcon fly?”
With his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, “It was very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting.”
We are all made to fly — to realize our incredible potential as human beings. But at times we sit on our branches, clinging to the things that are familiar to us. The possibilities are endless, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered. We conform to the familiar, the comfortable, and the mundane. So for the most part, our lives are mediocre instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling. Let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we cling to and free ourselves to the glory of flight!
