WHEN GREAT PEOPLE ARE GREAT ...

People have many faces in them for a whole lot of reason....

Some are known for their live in the fab lane ( Kimora ?? ) or ,
perhaps the limelight ( Christiano Ronaldo or Messi ? ) ,
Some for their riches ( Richard Branson or Hilton or Lakhsmi Mittal? )  ,
Some for their voice ( Whitney Housten, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Elton John )
Some for their sense of fashion ( Kim Kardashian or Victoria Becham !  ) ,
Some for their lavish lifestyle ( Angelina bought $21.5m heart shaped island for his 50th birthday !! Breathless right? ),
For their notority ( Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber ? Liked them better when they were innocent Mickey Mouse Club kids !! ),
For their passion in sports ( Dato Lee Cong Wei, Tiger Woods, Nadal, Serena, Usain Bolt...!!  )
Some for their talk variety show biz ( Oprah Winfrey or Elen Degeneres OR Jimmy Kimmel ? )
Some for their talents ( Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy can make any cow smile !! ) ,
For their speed ( Schumacher, Sebastian Vettal ? ),
For their charity ( Gandhi, Mandela ) ,
For their ingenuity ( Eistein, James Watt, Bill Gates, Mark Zucheberg ? )

Whether for the right reason or for wrong reasons, these individuals were wheeled into fame and name by one element called the mind. The mind drives people to act , react to their advantage or disadvange.

I found myself madly in love with great minds, of course the ones that impacted the lives of others in a positive way...we do not focus on people who also in their endevour, fall into the limelight , but for wrong reasons , which does not edify others... ..

They are the ones who broke the norms in everyday live...
They  are the ones that people usually categorize as weirdos, geeks, nerds..
People who are laughed at, mocked and ridiculed sometimes for speaking their minds and doing the impossible...
People with great minds usually have a humble beginning, 
But what made them different were that they had the capacity to understand phenomenal changes , processes , mechanism and mankind itself,
That other minds don't recognize or decipher.
It takes a great mind to understand another great mind...

"Small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, but great minds discuss ideas".

Their traits could range from stubborn, annoying, eccentric, melancholic, little lunatic, very charismatic ! Often ,people like them or don't like them , because nothing they ever say or do make any sense at all,  in the beginning ...!, but they have a driving force to keep their audience hooked to the idealogy , the momentum the inersia of their ability ...

something a common person is unable to do..

So, in conclusion, GREAT MINDS do live among us...our kids may be one of them too...nurture, encourage and support no matter how different they are from others. Uniquenes produces talents...

Despite popular believe that Einstein was left handed and dyslexic till the age of 8, recent studies show otherwise...he excelled in school actually.  When he was 8 years old, his father gave him a compass and he couldn't stop wondering why the needle spinned despite the apparent empty space...! Then when he was older, his dad sent him to college to study electrical engineering, but he clashed with the college authority and defied their systems..he became a college drop out...but who could have imagined this rebellious being could one day create the atomic bomb to end WW2 and interpret the theory of relativity physics ??!!? 

Schumachers father helped his son obtain his first kart racing licence at the age of 12 when he should have been studying,

Nelson's parents were illiterate and due to poverty he tended herds as a cattle boy, and this cattle boy could rise up, speak and change the world by putting an end to appartheid ?

..and the list goes on...

Sometimes we set a benchmark for what we want our kids to be but probably thats not what they're destined to be...we wanna keep up with the next door jones like their kids can do this, we push our kids to do this , then that, and the rest ! I think we should step back and observe what is inside of them thats waiting to bloom...don't get agitated when your kids do not excel in school...though its a pressure nowadays on parents coz its a rat race ...and our education system is so exam orientated that our kids cant go further than their pen and paper !

Nevertheless, kids who realize their potentials are the happiest kids and they grow up to be GREAT MINDS, GREAT PEOPLE. But kids who grow up to please others, or succumbed by norms, routines, and culture....would forever live in bondage, unable to disclose their full potential... and thats sad isn't it...
Someone once mentioned, ....if you're doing a job that you love, then you won't be working for the rest of your lives... how true it is .....

So lets allow our kids to grow to be GREAT MINDS AND GREAT PEOPLE ! In fact , whats more important than leaving a legacy when you are gone ?

CONFIDENCE
BOLDNESS
COURAGE