Attitude is Altitude

Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around a friend ; no hands to hold the ones you love; no fingers to experience touch ; no way to lift or carry things. How much more difficult would life be if you were living without arms and hands? Or what about legs? Imagine if instead of no arms, you had no legs. No ability to dance, walk, run, or even stand. Now put both of those scenarios together… no arms and no legs. What would you do? How would that affect your everyday life?

Nick Vujicic was born with no arms and no legs – but he didn’t let this stop him.

The 26-year-old, who is practically only torso enjoys playing golf and football, he swims and surfs despite having no limbs. He has a small foot on his left hip, which helps him gain balance, write, type and pick up things between his toes (something that, if we think about it, most of us also do!).

Nick also had a special wheelchair and a team of people that would care for him. Due to the pressure that was put on him by peers and people around, at the age of 8, he was deeply depressed and told his mother that he wanted to die. But with the help of his family and friends, Nick managed to overcome his fears and depression and has become a motivational speaker, travelling to over 24 countries speaking to groups of up to 110.000 people.

Nick Vujicic is the living proof that no one should be discouraged by the difficulties that show up during life, no matter how big they might be. Although at the beginning even he had to face his own discouragement and the prejudice of people around, this sometimes bringing him to the verge of suicide, even at the frail age of 10, Nick managed to overcome everything and succeed in many domains- becoming a role model for everyone.

                                     

Quotes and Sayings:

“Along the way you might fall down, . .. sometimes in life, you might fall down and can’t find the strength to get back up… do you think you have hope? Because I tell you, I’m down here and I have no arms and no legs, … It should be impossible for me to get up, but it’s not”

“As long as I try, there’s always a chance of getting up. It’s not the end until you give up.” 

“I don’t care if you are a good mathematician, or a good athletic, or not good at anything- that you think. But I’m gonna come and tell you that you’re awesome the way you are.”

“I love my life, because I’ve seen my purpose”

“I may not have hands to hold my wife’s hands, but I don’t need hands to hold her heart. That’s what I’m gonna hold”

“I have the choice to be angry in God for what I don’t have or be thankful for what you do have."

“There’s no point in being complete on the outside when you’re broken in the inside.”

“I will try one hundred times to get up, and if I fail one hundred times. If I fail and I give up, will I ever get up? No! If I fail I’ll try again, and again and again. But I want to tell you it’s not the end.”

“Everybody loves winning, but we should not linger on the difference between winning and losing…But Is losing failing?”

“Failure is not important, how you overcome it is more important.”

“I am gonna try again and again, because the moment I give up, is the moment I fail.”

"I never met a bitter person who was thankful. Or a thankful person who was bitter."

"It's a lie to think you're not good enough. It's a lie to think you're not worth anything."