What Keep's us going.......

I have always challenged myself about one thing, and its always the same thing: What should i do differently to keep me going? i still have not found the answer to my question(s) but, i draw tons of inspiration from the life's of great men and women who have been an epitome of success/failure in the past who set examples for their future generation. One such inspiration that i derived and also that drove me towards drafting this post was the life of Mark Twain( A well known Writer,Inventor, Innovator,Leader). My recent visit to a museum at Hartford,CT called the Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens) House & Museum was a pleasant surprise for two reason's:

• A museum that i expected to be much lifeless with just a collection of valuable artifacts was so full of life and memories that i could relate to and could actually visualize the moments when the tour guide explained the lifestyle and other stories of success and failure of a man. A museum that is in downtown hartford, CT still retains the Victorian architecture yet customized to include a fine blend of other cultures.
• Every person has two sides to his fame: the popular side that gets published and the unpopular one's that die with the person. Mark Twain was a well known writer and the manuscripts and books that he publised were extremely popular but, little did anyone know that he was a scientist and an inventor(in his mind). He has worked on multiple innovations with Nicolas Tesla in his labs and that gave him inspiration to invent the new typesetting machine which got sacrificed to disruptive innovation of modern science. well! Clemence could not get the timing right but, that does not make him less than a genius!

So what my inspiration from this visit? Even though Mark Twain was a successful writer and made money out of his profession, that did not stop him from investing time and money on new innovations in science and technology. His innovation was more inclined towards innovative ideas that could give him an edge in the field of creative writing. last but not the least, he was a loving father, caring husband and a leader! Hats off to you!