He suddenly quit his job in 1962: He had a vision
It was 1962. Brendon Grimshaw, a 37-year old British, suddenly quit his job.He bought a small island in the Seychelles at a cost of 10,000 British Pound. The island was called Moyenne and, at the time of purchase, had been abandoned for 50 years. Expectedly, people called Brendon crazy and loonie.
Brendon had a vision. He wanted to restore the island to its raw beauty, creating a natural paradise completely uncontaminated by man and tourism. For the next 40 years, Brendon lived alone on the island; he managed to plant an astounding 16,000 trees by hand, built 5 kms of nature trails and attracted around 2000 new birds to the island. He had transformed an almost barren land into an island of charming beauty.
Moyenne became so beautiful that a Saudi Sheikh offered Brendon 50 million dollars to purchase it, but he (Brendon) turned it down.
Brendon left the world in 2012. The beautiful island of Moynne is now being owned by the Moyenne Island Foundation and it is now a national park available to all.
Such true stories inspire all of us to do something good for the humanity.
