WATCH: A visually impaired man selling fried banana chips teaches us about perseverance
A beautiful lesson to start our week off on a motivated note...
We love a good story that gets our week off on a positive note, especially if we can motivate and encourage you in some way. So when we saw this story, we thought what better way to share the message of perseverance than this?
Many of us can get consumed into the web's of social media for the wrong reasons, so let's rather steer everyone toward the side of social media that can benefit you. Let's choose to see something inspiring...
A food blogger shared a reel of a man in a town called Nashik in India. This man, who is visually impaired, makes and sells fried Banana chips on the roadside. He is seen skillfully slicing up the bananas into a hot pot with oil.
He then has a helper toss them in spice and package them for selling.
The food blogger, whose name is Sanskur Khemani, said in his post on Instagram: "Respect to this Old man, If you know anyone in Nashik ask them to buy banana chips from this old man. Together we all can help him to get his eyesight back."
WATCH the video by the food blogger (courtesy of Instagram):
This man teaches us that no matter your circumstance in life, you should always, always persevere and push for your goals. The video reveals that he has lost his sight because of heat and steam from the hatti, we are not sure what that means.
We have tried researching it and we think that it involves something with heat. But nevertheless, his will to keep going even though he cannot see says a lot about his character. It says that no matter your circumstance, you always have a choice...
A beautiful story that has resonated with many people on social media, with many people from India asking for his address and his number so that they can support him. The video has over 850,000 likes and has been watched more than 14-million times.
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Image Courtesy of Instagram