Who was Mr Wonderful Man and what he taught me in life?

Dal Lake,Srinagar,Kashmir: 
When I opened the door of the house boat next morning I just got shocked by seeing all the boat vendors in Dal Lake! 
These boats are called "Shikara" and riding them is one of the most relaxing activities you can do in Dal Lake,Srinagar.
The first Shikara rider I saw, just the day I had arrived ,was a man who was selling flowers and flower's seeds! He had a big album full of the Kashmir's flower photos and among all " black and blue roses" caught my eyes! 
My dad was a florist for years and naturally I'm so attracted to all kinda flowers as I've been brought up with always having lots of flowers around me and smell of flowers in our house! when my dad was coming home at night he was always offering some flowers to each one of us ,specially to my mom and he used to get a kiss instead!
Seeing this man just reminded me of my late dad who finally died of brain tumor in his 56 ! 
I asked his name and I got shocked by his answer:
" I'm Mr.Wonderful"! He was so relaxed when he told me his name!
This made me to believe him as "Mr.Wonderful" and asked him loads of questions about what he was offering me. 
He noticed that I really was attracted to the flowers because I took photos of "all the photos" in his album ! then just as all Kashmir clever merchants( I got to know this later on in my trip though ;) ), he started to sell me his so called "black and blue rose bulb",he taught me how to plant them as well and I think I paid 40$ for the seeds when none of them  later on grew up in Iran! 
But at least he took some nice photos of me in his boat, taught me confidence and self esteem by accepting and believing in yourself even though you have a very simple life and all your possessions is only a small boat! and how to be a good seller which I used it later on in my own career by remembering him whenever I was getting impatient with my clients! So 40 $ for a rose bulbe ,was worth it indeed! :)

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Mr.Wonderful! he is advertising the black rose bulb!


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Me and the beautiful Tulips of Srinagar

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I would like to be a florist riding this small boat in beautiful Dal Lake

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Its the blue rose photo he showed me and sold its bulb to me !

 
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He is happily saying goodbye!

Location: Dal Lake, Srinagar

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