J.S. Kainaur
‘Chandigarh’
Inspiration story of a Tea seller Sh.
Vijayan
who visited 17 countries alongwith his
wife
Here, I have got an opportunity to presents a story
of a legend man who has discovered this magical dimension of his life. He is simply
tea-seller who travels the 17 countries of the world with his wife. The power of his dreams,
the strength of his will and passion in his single-minded pursuits have let his
spirit spread it is invisible wings and soar into the air, inspite of his
social and economic conditions. After reading about him, it has comes to know
that the name of this inspiration story is Sh.Vijayan & his wife name is
Mrs. Mohana. They belongs to Ernakulam in Kerala state. His wife help him at the shop by
preparing eatables as they also
sells the small food items like idli,
upma & curry etc., besides the tea. He tells about his shop that anyone may satisfy for
his hunger by spending 10 to 25 rupees there.
He provides 06 idly for 20 rupees, an upma, curry or tea for Rs.25/- only. Both are fully satisfied
with their work & leading a joy ful life. About the support of his wife, he
says that in fact she is source of his strength. He don’t know how to explain
it, as she provides him with all the energy which he needs. As Swami Vivekanand
said, “you can see & hear with your eyes and ears, but you cannot
experience any thing with the presence of mind”.
Like the every human, they have also some aims in
the life. Out of them, an aim is to go
to picnic to get the experience &
knowledge by visiting the different places in India & as well as foreign countries. According
to him he visited many places alone. But, together they went to Madras,
Kanyakumari, Bangalore, Delhi, Haridwar, Egypt, Jordan, London, Paris,
Switzerland, Venice, Singapore & Malaysia etc. It seems that they looks
around 55 to 60 years old. As we are aware that almost every human being are
naughty during their childhood. Sh. Vijayan
was also a naughty boy during his childhood as he use to steal food grains from his own house
and sell them in the market to meet the expenses of visiting new places.
There are many thoughts of the prominent personalities.
Mr. Ray Bradury (an writer) said, “First you jump off the cliff and you build
your wings on the way down” . Like that, this story also teaches us to make strong will
power and immense love to achieve their desires. He has good income from the
tea shop. As soon as he has enough money, he approaches banks for a loan, travels
to a new country, and repays the loan over two or three years. It is his hobby
as he want to see the world. That is his desire, his only desire! He praised
the Supreme Power, “God has blessed me with more than what I deserve, dream or wished for”. And thus, with the belief that
all of us have only one lifetime to do everything, he has spent close to Rs.
10-15 lakhs on his journeys. But for him, that money is nothing when compared
to the places he has seen and the knowledge he has gained. And when people call
him crazy, he simply says – “Yes, I am crazy. Everyone has their own will, I got self satisfaction and that is why I do
so.
We are achieving our targets with the grace of
‘GOD’. He believes in ‘GOD’. He thinks
that a time will come when his journey ends as a time granted by the Almighty.
All of this will go on, he strongly believe in it. During their journey, they
got many experiences of disappointments & delights. He has shared an
experience that all the people with whom they travelled so far are
millionaires. All of them, when they exchange 100 or 500 dollars notes, he
exchanged only 5 or 10 dollars note.
Someone asked him with funny way
that he is wasting the money by visiting here & there without any gain. If
he had invested that money on a land or property, it would have been beneficial
for his future. In the reply, Vijayan explained that if money is his only
concern then he would not be able to do any thing, the knowledge and
experiences he gains would have been missed. Amongst thousands of men, hardly
one strives for perfection and amongst those who have achieved perfection,
hardly one knows me in truth. These are his feelings that he cherish.
Mr.Vijayan believes
that their lives are full of journeys, no matter where we are. He want to travel again more as he has desire
& will power. Thus, he works every day with the only aim of travelling to a
new country, his next destination.
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