No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!

Been trying to send this email to many out there, but there were errors with the pictures.
So decided to upload to my blog instead. Here goes...

See this person and never feel inferior and tell u r unable....Be positive...Be optimistic....Never never give up the hope....


Living Inspiration ............

My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony to touch thousands of hearts around the world! I was born without limbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles.

"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."

....To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As my parents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church, they knew that verse very well. However, on the morning of the 4th of December 1982 in Melbourne (Australia ), the last two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby.

The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated. Everyone asked, "if God is a God of Love, then why would God let something this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated Christians?" My Dad thought I wouldn't survive for very long, but tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy just with a few limbs missing.

Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kind of life I'd be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom and courage through those early years and soon after that I was old enough to go to school.



The law in Australia didn't allow me to be integrated into a main-stream school because of my physical disability. God did miracles and gave my Mom the strength to fight for the law to be changed. I was one of the first disabled students to be integrated into a main-stream school.



I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone else, but it was in my early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird and bullied because of my physical difference. It was very hard for me to get used to, but with the support of my parents, I started to develop attitudes and values which helped me overcome these challenging times. I knew that I was different but on the inside I was just like everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that I wouldn't go to school just so I didn't have to face all the negative attention. I was encouraged by my parents to ignore them and to try start making friends by just talking with some kids. Soon the students realized that I was just like them, and starting there God kept on blessing me with new friends.



There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn't change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School and learnt that God loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I didn't understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this? Is it because I did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of all the kids at school, I'm the only weird one. I felt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the better it'd be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a young age, but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were always there to comfort me and give me strength.



Due to my emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self esteem and loneliness, God has implanted a passion of sharing my story and experiences to help others cope with whatever challenge they have in their life and let God turn it into a blessing. To encourage and inspire others to live to their fullest potential and not let anything get in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.



One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things for granted.












"And we know that in all things God works for the best for those who love Him."

That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad" things happen in our life.

I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life unless He has a good purpose for it all. I completely gave my life to Christ at the age of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God would heal me so I could be a great testimony of His Awesome Power. Later on I was given the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something, if it's God's will, it'll happen in His time. If it's not God's will for it to happen, then I know that He has something better.

I now see that Glory revealed as He is using me just the way I am and in ways others can't be used.



I am now twenty-two years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today's teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate sector.






















I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow.



I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I want to become the best witness I can be of God's Love and Hope, to become an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed and share my story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"! Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"











I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without Him. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's!

Nick have no arms but he has done so much work in the kingdom of God.

Nick have no legs but his walk with God has been a firm one.

Dear Friends, Nick's testimony has inspired me in many ways. Hope it does the same for you.

Consider This

Okay many of us failed and I know it is really hard to control our emotions and feelings. We do feel bad but I would like you to consider this:

-Stephen Chow was once been told he cannot make it in the entertainment industry because he was not handsome. One of his best quote, "I used to cry when I watched Chaplin's films. It was from him that I learned about the role of the underdog. And because I'm also from a poor family, this kind of thing moved me and I found that it also worked for the audience because most of them are like me - ordinary guys."

-Soccer star Jamie Carragher scored many own goals in the past and was only used as a substitute in his club Liverpool. Now he is one of the best defender in the world.

-Beethoven handled the violin awkardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopless as a composer.

-Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas. Walt Disney also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.

-Thomas Edison's teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.

-Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist in history, did not speak until he was 4, and didn't read until he was 7, His teacher discribed him as "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams." He was expelled and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic Scool.

-Isaac Newton did very poorly in grade school.

-Winston Churchhill failed 6th grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a "senior citizen."

-Sylvester Stallone was once a problem kid. The left part of his face is paralyzed, which results to snarling look and slightly slurred speech. Was rejected in many movies auditions.

-When Glenn Cunningham was young, he had his legs so badly burned that doctors advised to amputate it. It was not amputated but his legs became one shorter than the other. He was determined to recover. From wheelchair to clutches, then he started walking normally. Soon he was running. He became a world class runner and was considered as "World Fastest Human Being".

And can u be as bad as Abraham Lincoln?
1805 Borned
1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them
1818 His mother died
1831 Failed in business
1832 Ran for state legislature - lost
1832 Also lost his job - wanted to go to law school but couldn't get in
1833 Borrowed money from a friend to begin business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. Spent the next 17 years of his life paying off his debt

1834 Ran for state legislature again - won
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died
1836 Had a nervous breakdown and was in bed for 6 months
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state - defeated
1840 Sought to become elector - defeated
1843 Ran for Congress - lost
1846 Ran for Congress again - won - went to Washington and did a great job
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress - lost
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his hmoe state - rejected
1854 Sought for Senate of the United States - lost
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national convention -got less than 100 votes

1858 Ran for U.S Senate again - lost
1860 Elected President of the United States

Dare To Dream: The Power of Goals Part II

You may be wondering to yourself. "Wow. if setting goals are so powerful in helping you succeed, then why doesn't everybody set goals?

When we grew up, we all had a big dreams and goals about future. We dreamed about being doctors, firemen, movie stars and heroes. Unfortunately, as we grew up many of us gave up contiuning to think about our goals and we stopped setting new ones.

3 main reasons

Low Self-Esteem

Self-esteem is a feeling of confidence and self worth. When I was in poly I really do not what I want. And I think that's the reason why I'm in poly because I did not have goals in life at that point. "I can't make it" & "I'm a loser" is a common thing that I say to myself especially when I failed in exams or got scolding from teachers. Now at this current point of my life my goals are beginning to set light. At least I can say I'm in the process!

Now remember this, just like in the movie matrix. This world is built to make you believe in things that are not true. You have tremendous potential within you and that if others can, so can you! You! reading this, Yes YOU deserve to have the very besy in life. Once you undertand this, you will begin to set high goals for yourself.

Some people do not believe in Goals

They do not know the results it can bring in setting goals. They will say "cannot la! last time set before also cannot achieve...". Its not that setting goals did not work for them but rather they did not work hard enough towards their goals or because they used the wrong strategy and gave up halfway.

Setting goals will not bring you sucess. It's not like u set your goals and then you begin to watch tv, read magazines, play computer games etc... then one fine day u wake up, BANG! you become successful! WTF man. It's not like that, instead it MUST be backed up with lots of action and undying determination.

Fear of Failure & Embarrassment

Sometimes we are afraid. We set goals like scoring DIST for all the modules this semester. And ppl laugh at us when we tell them. And what happens when we really did not achieved it? Ppl continue to make a joke out of us.

Many of my friends are successful students. What do they have in common? They set goals and do not believe in failure. When they failed, they do not look at it as failure, Instead, they look at it as an outcome they can learn from. As a result they will not feel bad abt it. They know that as long as they learn something and keep taking action, they will eventually reach their goals.

If ppl do laugh at your goals, use it to empower and motivate yourself even more!

I not a millionaire or CEO of some company. Maybe u will say who the f*** are you to teach me how to be successful or you may think I'm more successful than you now.
Well if u go for Adam Khoo's workship, he is going to say the same thing.
I can't convince you now, but when you are at the highest level you know that all these is true. And I'm sure all the successful people out there would agree with me.

Dare to Dream: The power of Goals

I don't know how many people are going read this but i gonna write it anywae. It's going to be about setting goals and hopefully those who really read these will benefit from it. Anywae it's just a sneak preview of Adam Khoo's Superkids workshop.

SUCESS HAPPENS NOT BY CHANCE, BUT BY DESIGN

Believe it or not setting goals is the 1st and most important step you must take in the whole process of succeeding both in school and in life. It definitely has an impact on my life to a great extent. Whether you believe it or not you got to try it for yourself to see.

Believe it or not everything u have achieved and accomplished so far did not happen by chance. Instead, it happened because you dreamed it and designed it clearly in your mind consciously or sub-consciously.

Let me end off by sharing an article.

WHAT DO TIGER WOODS, STEVEN SPEILBERG AND BILL CLINTON HAVE IN COMMON?

If you look at many of the most famous people around, you will also notice that their success came because they had dared to dream about it at an early stage. They too understand that everything happens by design.

Tiger Woods,32, is currently the number one golf professional in the world. (He had already achieved the No.1 ranking at age 24). At 24, he has already accomplised more in golf than anyone else in history. Did you know that he achieved all this because at the age of 8, he set his goals to beat all the top golfers and be number one?

At the age of 12, Steven Spielberg set his goal to be a top movie director when he grew up. At the age of 36, he became one of the most successful filmmakers in history. He directed 4 out of the 10 ten highest grossing films in history, winning numberous Academy Awards. What allowed him to achieve such phenomenal success at such a young age? Again, it was because he had understood the power of goals.

Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States had, as a young boy growing up as the son of a poor widow in a small farm estate, set his ambition of becoming the President of the United States when he grew up. His teachers, relatives and friends said, 'Get readl kid!' But like Woods and Spielberg, he dared envisage the future in his mind and made it into a reality.

It is never too late to set goals. "What do you really want in life?" this is the untimate question u are going to ask yourself from time to time.

Easy said, then why doesn't everybody set goals?
If you really really want to know do leave a msg on the tagboard so that i blog abt it.