You might have heard an apple a day keeps doctor away. I was thinking about Three Apples which changed the word.
It started from Adam and Eve resulting into influx of life into the world! This may or may not hold good with evolution of life.
But perfectly fine with my Apple story!
Yes, according to Christians, it was Adam’s apple that first changed humankind – the act of man disobeying to higher power that sets us apart by God.
“For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return,” follows verse 19.
Adam’s story teaches us the importance of submission. We are, in life, becoming more self-sustained and forget the cores of life – love,
joy and peace. Families, friends and our beloved ones are often neglected when we become self-centered in our jobs and responsibilities.
We are reminded to love and be loved, stand steadfast in love and submit to the goodness of other people in our lives.
Adam and Eve is the story of creation and sets the tone for God’s relationship with human kind. It tells the story of our fall from Grace, is the basis for the Christian doctrine of Original Sin and forms the basis of not just one but three of the great religions of the world.
The second most influential apple didn’t come until the 15th Century.
A man sat under the famous apple tree and the universe-consigned apple fell right on his head, leading him to the famous law of universal gravitation.Sir Isaac Newton’s apple changed the world of science as well as mathematics by stating that “every object in the universe attracts every other object with a force directed along the line of centers for the two objects …” and so on.
The point here is, Newton’s apple has not only inspired him to come up with the law of gravitation, but also encouraged human to dream big and to
explore the world with imaginations. Many other great people arose from Newton’s great works and findings.
He also proved the concept of planetary motion and established that the earth circles the sun – not the other way around.
He also takes the credit along with a guy named Leibniz for the development of differential and integral calculus.
He did a lot of other clever stuff, was a theologian, ran the Royal Mint and was an all round genius.
He advanced the scientific revolution that created the entire modern world we live in to this day.
Last but not least, it is of course Steve Jobs’ Apple that has put the world on a different pace, in terms of his innovations in consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers.
Jobs’ success stories overflowed Google’s page after he passed away suddenly on Wednesday. The highlight is none other than his return to Apple after being kicked out of his own company in 1997.
When he tried to lure John Sculley as Apple’s CEO, he asked, “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want to change the world?”
That obviously worked out pretty well. Yet, it was the passion towards innovation that Jobs has injected into his career that put him onto the top of the world. His life has definitely inspired many
to contribute to the society through creativity.
He developed one of the first commercially successful PCs – the Apple II
He created the MacIntosh because he saw the potential of a mouse driven graphical user interface – how crap and unintuitive was computing using the keypad and BBC Basic command prompts.
He set up Pixar out of Lucasfilm which lead to the re-birth of film animation and to films like Toy Story and a Bugs Life.
His revolutionary work at NeXT included a multi-media email system which could share voice, image, graphics and video in email for the first time.
He went back to Apple and turned in upside down, becoming the completely dominant figure.
He achieved enormous commercial success with the iMac based on beautiful design.
He developed the iPod and iTunes digital software which revolutionised the way we access, buy and listen to music. MP3s and digitally sourced music has all but killed CDs and high street record stores. You are more likely to listen to your iPod on the bus or out jogging than listening to music on the car CD player now.
He then developed the iPhone – the first smartphone – a multi touch display mobile phone.
So here are three apples that changed our lives..............
