"Problems itself will make us bigger than them"
- Anjali Sharma (me) :)
This blog named "BORN TO INSPIRE" is dedicated to the two most courageous people in the world who got inspiration from their own stories and decided to fight back. They both became motivational speaker and they are NICK VUJICIC & LIZZIE VELASQUEZ (You will read about LIZZIE in the next blog, born to inspire - part 2)
The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over - Nick Vujicic
I believe, we come in this world to learn our life lessons and to grow, to evolve our soul and to become a better and kind soul. We all have a different life path and different lessons to learn. And in this journey Almighty is always there to help us, to guide us through the pain and sufferings.
God chosen Nick Vujicic as a guiding light for others, an inspiration, a story of courage for others.
Nick is an epitome of god's existence. Nick's determination to love life has proved that human soul is such a powerful being that its determination is beyond all physical aspects.
NICK VUJICIC - Nick Vujicic, Melbourne, Australia was born on 4th DEC 1982 without limbs though, he has two small feet and also one feet has two toes. This is a very rare syndrome know as tetra-amelia.
As a child when he started going to a mainstream school, he became the target for bullies and at the age of eight he went into severe depression. At the age of 10, he tried to commit suicide by drowning himself into a bath tub. That was not his last suicide attempt. But every time he tried to die, he was saved. Surely God had some other plans for him. Soon Nick realized that he want to be with his loved ones as he was blessed with great supportive parents and siblings. For their love Nick decided to live.
His entire childhood was full of ups and downs. He use to pray to god to give him limbs and to make him a normal human being. However, his life changed when he saw a boy with the same disabilities and realized that he was not alone in his struggles and he decided to be thankful for the god's gift called life.
He decided to motivate others and to become an inspiration.
He became more thankful for life and started doing his basic work by himself. He learned to write with the help of his two toes on the left foot. He also learned to play drum pedals. He can comb by himself, can take a glass of water. brush his teeth, he can also use computer, he can shave on his own. And this is not the end of the list, he also take part in swimming, sky-diving, soccer etc.
He started giving motivational speeches in school as well as college and became very popular among students. During his college while perusing management subjects, Nick practiced developing his abilities as a speaker.
He launched his Non profit ministry know as "Life without limbs". Also, he created his company "Attitude is Altitude".
Today "Nick Vujicic" is a very well known name. He is famous world wide as a Motivational Speaker with a great inspirational story as Himself. He travels worldwide to motivate people. He spread his message of faith and hope to the world through - television shows, his book, videos, DVDs like - "NO ARMS NO WORRIES", "LIFE'S GREATER PURPOSE".
Also, he created a short film in 2009, "The butterfly circle" which won the award for the best short film and Nick was awarded as the best actor in a short film.
Nick's Message - "Dream big and never give up. We all make mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day at a time. Embrace the positive attitudes, perspectives and truths I share, and u too will overcome" - NICK VUJICIC.
Nick got married on 12 February 2012 with Kanae Miyahara and on 13 February 2013, they were blessed with a baby boy.
It was an honor writing about "Nick Vujicic"
Hope you get inspired !....
Take care. :)
-Anjali Sharma
