Sunday, September 16, 2012

LIMITLESS WONDER


This is about the person whom I came to know accidentally when one of my friends liked his post in Facebook. His name is Sai Prasad and the post was about his first sky-diving. As fascinated by the word sky-dive and after seeing the number of hits for the video in the post, I clicked on the link to watch it. And believe me, I stood spellbound for some time after watching it. There is nothing special about sky-diving as it is always a common aspiration for most of the youth and it increased more after the movie ZNMD. But a person who lost the sense in his legs during his childhood (as per previous news and his interviews) doing this adventurous task is definitely remarkable. Besides experiencing one of his lifetime thrills, he indirectly proved the whole world once again that “Impossible is nothing”.
         Immediately, I sent him a friend request and it was accepted within minutes. I started peeping more into his profile, posts, and videos and was deeply impressed by the inspiring words and stories which he keeps posting. The more I came to know about him, the more I started thinking what can be achieved with the self-determination and willingness. There is a series called ‘100 Inspirational stories’ on his wall and it has stories of the people who influenced him the most. They all teach us one simple lesson – never forget you roots and people who helped you to become what you are today. There is something you can learn from every person you meet in your life. Those stories are truly mesmerizing and the way he narrates makes them more interesting and encouraging.
One day, I was watching ‘Satyameve Jayate’ episode which is about physical disability and to my surprise, Aamir khan was interviewing this person in the show. My respect towards him increased million times more after hearing his motivating words in the episode. I bet those words might have boosted loads of confidence in the people with the physical disabilities. Such a fantastic show it was, with such a perfect actor interviewing the most confident person. From then on, I became regular follower of his posts.
There are many events which he regularly participates and gives lectures. Recently, he got selected as youth ambassador out of 30 people in the world to tour ANTARCTICA and his idea to raise awareness on renewable energy is the key for the selection. It made all Indians proud. With his grit determination and commitment, nobody can stop him in this world to travel to any part of it. There are plenty and plenty of things which are not just to see and learn but to follow from him. All the best and a big salute to you Sai Prasad...We are proud of you!!

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