I always feel that, passion for something is the most powerful driving force to work. The factors like power, money, fame may also act as the driving forces but they are ephemeral at the max. Because once you attain these things, they will not drive you anymore. Whereas passion is something which will keep you moving, always!
Justin Schmidt is one such passionate entomologist. Insects are part of the job of an entomologist. But this guy is so passionate about his work that just to understand how hard and painful the stings of different insects are, he himself decided to suffer from the stings. So he invited around 78 different insects ranging from honeybee to hornet to bullet ants. With this experience, Schmidt devised an index, popularly known as 'Schmidt Sting Pain Index'.
This reminded me of Baba Amte, the great social worker from Maharashtra. To empathise with the patients suffering from the leprosy, Baba himself injected the pathogens of leprosy in his body and then also experimented over the medical cure for leprosy.
I think these kind of people really prove the saying that you cannot learn to swim without yourself getting wet.
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