Sure Word for Today: God Gave Me Life
Charles Darwin –A Lazy Boy
“A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.”
Proverbs 10:4 (ESV)
In his Autobiography, Darwin (called Charley and Bobby during this time) describes himself as being a rather “naughty” child. This is borne out in his stories of stealing fruit from the orchard trees on the side of his parents’ house, making up wild stories, and striving to be the centre of attention in the family. His sister, Caroline, may have helped him become the centre of attention by blaming him for everything that went wrong in the household, much to Darwin’s dismay. He was also a very clumsy boy.
Darwin recounts one story of his childhood in which he was strolling along a stone wall, apparently lost in thought, and walked right off the edge and fell about eight feet to the ground! There are some indications that he was a rather gullible child. Ironic as it may seem, Charles Darwin was a lazy young man, and a slow learner in school. He was at first educated by his sister, Caroline, before attending Revd. Case’s Grammar School in Shrewsbury. He was a rather shy student but he did take great pleasure in showing off his athletic skills to the other school boys. It is not known how well Darwin did at Revd. Case’s school, but it is safe to say that he was likely an unremarkable student.
Charles Robert Darwin became an English naturalist and geologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding.
I don’t know what they have branded you to be but the truth is no body can determine who you are in life. Darwin started slow but at the end of his life he was a genius. The end matters most. The fastest runners and the greatest heroes don’t always win races and battles. Wisdom, intelligence, and skill don’t always make you healthy, rich, or popular. Don’t allow peoples opinion about you to stop you.
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