Friday, May 25, 2012

The Greatness Quest

I recently started a page on Facebook to help people find the greatness that every single individual on this planet has within him. Here is a link   

So we organized the GREATNESS PHOTO - SHOOT at the Manama Souq Bahrain and this is the story of our experience with the greatest person in this world -'THE COMMON MAN' 



OUR QUEST TO FIND THE VARIOUS HEROES OF OUR COMMUNITY.


THE IDEA BEHIND EVERY PICTURE IN THIS ALBUM IS FOR THE WORLD TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT A ROLE THE COMMON MAN PLAYS IN OUR SOCIETY.
THESE ARE THE PICTURES FROM OUR ALBUM 
THESE ARE THE PICTURES FROM OUR ALBUM 
EVERY ACTOR, EVERY SPORT STAR AND EVERY NATIONAL ICON WAS ONCE A COMMON MAN. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE HEROES OF OUR SOCIETY. THEY PLAY SMALL BUT VERY VITAL ROLES TO MAKE OUR LIVES A LITTLE BETTER. THEY HELP US FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN AND TODAY I CALL UPON THE WORLD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT COMMON MAN'S EFFORT IN MAKING OUR SOCIETY WHAT IT IS TODAY.



SO ME AND TWO OF MY FRIENDS PAVAN AND MAYUR TOOK UP THIS RESPONSIBILITY WE DECIDED TO MEET UP AT GUDAIBYA (NEAR THE MANAMA SOUQ) AND HAVE SMALL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE WORKING THERE.

FIRSTLY WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY HELPED SOCIETY, THEN WE THANKED AND HUGGED THEM FOR HOW THEY MADE OUR LIVES EASIER AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH EACH PERSON WE TALKED TO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS.

BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM I HAVE PREPARED A CONVERSATIONAL CAPTION FOR EACH PICTURE FOR YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF THE SOUL OF THE COMMON MAN. HE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY, HE LOVES HIS JOB AND HE SWEATS IN THE HEAT FOR IT, BUT HE COMES BACK HOME WITH A SMILE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS PLAYED HIS ROLE IN HELPING YOU FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN. 

EVERY ACTOR, EVERY SPORT STAR AND EVERY NATIONAL ICON WAS ONCE A COMMON MAN. THESE PEOPLE ARE THE HEROES OF OUR SOCIETY. THEY PLAY SMALL BUT VERY VITAL ROLES TO MAKE OUR LIVES A LITTLE BETTER. THEY HELP US FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN AND TODAY I CALL UPON THE WORLD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT COMMON MAN'S EFFORT IN MAKING OUR SOCIETY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
SO ME AND TWO OF MY FRIENDS PAVAN AND MAYUR TOOK UP THIS RESPONSIBILITY WE DECIDED TO MEET UP AT GUDAIBYA (NEAR THE MANAMA SOUQ) AND HAVE SMALL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE WORKING THERE.

FIRSTLY WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY HELPED SOCIETY, THEN WE THANKED AND HUGGED THEM FOR HOW THEY MADE OUR LIVES EASIER AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH EACH PERSON WE TALKED TO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS.

BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM I HAVE PREPARED A CONVERSATIONAL CAPTION FOR EACH PICTURE FOR YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF THE SOUL OF THE COMMON MAN. HE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY, HE LOVES HIS JOB AND HE SWEATS IN THE HEAT FOR IT, BUT HE COMES BACK HOME WITH A SMILE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS PLAYED HIS ROLE IN HELPING YOU FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN. 

SO ME AND TWO OF MY FRIENDS PAVAN AND MAYUR TOOK UP THIS RESPONSIBILITY WE DECIDED TO MEET UP AT GUDAIBYA (NEAR THE MANAMA SOUQ) AND HAVE SMALL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMON PEOPLE WORKING THERE.
FIRSTLY WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY HELPED SOCIETY, THEN WE THANKED AND HUGGED THEM FOR HOW THEY MADE OUR LIVES EASIER AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH EACH PERSON WE TALKED TO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS.

BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM I HAVE PREPARED A CONVERSATIONAL CAPTION FOR EACH PICTURE FOR YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF THE SOUL OF THE COMMON MAN. HE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY, HE LOVES HIS JOB AND HE SWEATS IN THE HEAT FOR IT, BUT HE COMES BACK HOME WITH A SMILE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS PLAYED HIS ROLE IN HELPING YOU FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN. 

FIRSTLY WE ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR WORK AND HOW THEY HELPED SOCIETY, THEN WE THANKED AND HUGGED THEM FOR HOW THEY MADE OUR LIVES EASIER AND THEN WE TOOK A PICTURE WITH EACH PERSON WE TALKED TO SHARE WITH OUR FRIENDS.
BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM I HAVE PREPARED A CONVERSATIONAL CAPTION FOR EACH PICTURE FOR YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF THE SOUL OF THE COMMON MAN. HE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY, HE LOVES HIS JOB AND HE SWEATS IN THE HEAT FOR IT, BUT HE COMES BACK HOME WITH A SMILE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS PLAYED HIS ROLE IN HELPING YOU FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN. 

BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM I HAVE PREPARED A CONVERSATIONAL CAPTION FOR EACH PICTURE FOR YOU TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS AND THE KINDNESS OF THE SOUL OF THE COMMON MAN. HE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY, HE LOVES HIS JOB AND HE SWEATS IN THE HEAT FOR IT, BUT HE COMES BACK HOME WITH A SMILE EVERY NIGHT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS PLAYED HIS ROLE IN HELPING YOU FIND THE GREATNESS WITHIN. 

I  REALIZE TODAY THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD OR MUMBAI TO MEET THE SUPERSTARS OF MY PLANET BECAUSE THE GREATEST PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET LIVE AND BREATHE RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

IT WAS INDEED AN AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE THREE OF US AND WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A CELEBRITY OR A SPORT STAR OR A NATIONAL ICON TO BE GREAT. 

I  REALIZE TODAY THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD OR MUMBAI TO MEET THE SUPERSTARS OF MY PLANET BECAUSE THE GREATEST PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET LIVE AND BREATHE RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

IT WAS INDEED AN AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE THREE OF US AND WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A CELEBRITY OR A SPORT STAR OR A NATIONAL ICON TO BE GREAT. 

I  REALIZE TODAY THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD OR MUMBAI TO MEET THE SUPERSTARS OF MY PLANET BECAUSE THE GREATEST PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET LIVE AND BREATHE RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
IT WAS INDEED AN AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE THREE OF US AND WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A CELEBRITY OR A SPORT STAR OR A NATIONAL ICON TO BE GREAT. 

IT WAS INDEED AN AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE THREE OF US AND WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A CELEBRITY OR A SPORT STAR OR A NATIONAL ICON TO BE GREAT. 
THE COMMON MAN TAUGHT ME A VALUABLE LIFE LESSON TODAY THAT MAYBE LIFE IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY AND THE RECOGNITION THAT THE WORLD GIVES YOU...MAYBE LIFE IS TRULY ABOUT LEAVING THE WORLD BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT AND I SALUTE EVERY COMMON MAN FOR PLAYING THIS ROLE TO PERFECTION AND FOR BEING THE SUPER HEROES OF OUR SOCIETY!










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'SOMETIMES FINDING THE GREATNESS IN YOU IS ABOUT FINDING THE GREATNESS IN THE WORLD AROUND YOU.'



IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART AND IN THE PROCESS BRING JOY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD YOU MY FRIEND ARE INDEED GREAT! 





Stories from some of the heroes we interacted with!




 

 1.)

PERFUME SELLER
"Salaam. My name is Nafeer Ahmed (Above). Sometime people call me Bhanu with love! I came from Lucknow 25 years ago in 1987 with my craft of perfume making. Now for 25 years I am selling perfumes in my shop and my customers know me very well and I am happy because they always tell me they smell nice."

Now when me, Mayur and Pavan went up to this man he did not even ask us our names. He immediately called us into his shop and told us to take some sweets. Then we thanked him for what he did and told him that he is an inspiration to us. Then he shook hands with us and told us that always remember even if you are a small man and have very little money , you should give to others and help everybody. Such is the heart of the common man and such is the greatness of his soul that even when he has no bread to eat himself he makes sure the world has enough bread to eat. We salute you Mr. Nafeer and we are indeed honored that we got to spend some quality time with you.


2.)Mr. Bhimmanna (Above) the waste picker at the Manama SOUQ who showed us a glimpse of the greatness of his soul. He told us that it was his life mission to give the people of Bahrain a clean city to come to everyday.




3.) Abdullah a layman/mason (Above)  putting cement on a road near Gudaibya A very interesting incident happened with Mr. Abdullah here. I was just walking near the gully where he was working, suddenly by mistake I stepped on the wet cement that he had just put on. I said sorry, but he laughed and said it was okay.

I was surprised because I thought he would fire me, then I talked to him and thanked him with mayur and pavan for what he was doing for the SOUQ. He smiled and told us to be happy and to study hard and become big men.Thank you Mr. Abdullah for being such an awesome individual.

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