HAVE COURAGE TO TRY NEW THINGS

ALEXANDER FLEMING
Unafraid to experiment with new ways to combat infections and illness, biologist Alexander Fleming set out to prove his mold findings could be a crucial tool to this end. His discovery forever changed the medical world. Penicillin would later save countless lives and conquer some of mankind's most ancient afflictions, including gangrene and tuberculosis.
While studying influenza in 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-free circle appearing around mold that had developed Petri dishes growing the staphylococci germ. Realizing this was a vital discovery, Fleming conducted several experiments on the mold (penicillin) and reported it's potential health benefits in the British Journal of Experimental Pathology. The job of refining penicillin into a usable drug ultimately fell to chemists Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, with whom Fleming would share the 1945 Nobel Prize.

As in Alexander Fleming's case, trying new things can have a great impact on your life, as well as the lives of others. Is there something positive you would like to try? Are there any fears holding you back? What are they? How can you defeat them?