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Tragedy can lead
to great inspiration

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


Where all hopes end, new hope emerges. Theodore
Roosevelt (1858-1919) was an American politician,
author and historian who served as the 26th Presi-
dent of the United States of America. A tragic inci-
dent occurred in Roosevelt’s life early on.

On February 14, 1884 when Roosevelt was at work
in the New York state legislature, he was summoned
home by his family. He returned home to find that
his mother had succumbed to typhoid fever. On the
same day. his wife died of a severe kidney ailment.

The double tragedy devastated Roosevelt. That
day he wrote these words in his diary: “The light
has gone out of my life.” Burdened by grief, he aban-
doned politics and became a cattle rancher in west-
ern US, He engrossed himself in raising cattle. But,
after a blizzard wiped out his prized herd of cattle in
1885, Roosevelt decided to return to New York under
compulsion. He re-entered politics as there was no
other option available to him at that time. He kept
rising gradually in politics until in 1901, at the age of
42, he became the youngest president of the United
States.

There are various such examples where a person
experienced a situation of total loss. But, history
shows that after the loss the same person re-started
his life and became more successful than before.

It is a law of nature that every external Joss further
activates the inner asset of a person, which is his
mind, given to him by nature.

A shocking experience leads to brainstorming and
enhances a person's power of thinking. He becomes
capable of beginning his work anew with better
planning. Consciously or unconsciously, his mind
tries to undo the tragedy that he has experienced. It
awakens in him the power of determination, which
enables him to attain super success.
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