In the late 1800s a boy was working in a London store. He rose at five o’clock each morning and then worked 14 hours. He lived this routine for two years and then told his mother that if he had to continue like this, he would kill himself.
Then the boy wrote a pathetic letter to a teacher he had in his earlier years. He explained how he was heartbroken and no longer wanted to live.
The teacher answered his letter promptly. He praised him, assured him he was gifted, and offered him a job.
That encouraging letter changed the boy’s life. He went on to become one of England’s best-known writers, H.G. Wells, who authored nearly 80 books.
