LIVING WITHOUT LIMITS (Free Biography)

“There comes times in life when there will be several violent storms and you may not be able to curb them, as often as they are going to come. But God is there and that’s why I can be here and smile to you.” - Nicolas James Vujicic

Different but special

Nicolas James Vujicic, better known as “Nick” is a Serbian Australian evangelist and a motivational speaker that has no limbs. It was on December 4, 1982.  Where his parents; Dunska and Boris Vujicic, noticed the lacking of limbs on their son, Nick had borned with a rare disorder called tetra-amelia syndrome. This syndrome consists in the absence of all four limbs, but in the case of Nick was different, because he borned with two small feet, one of which has two toes. This made life very hard for Nick, but he came to terms that ‘God had a good purpose for him’ and after that, he decided to be a motivator for the others. And even in his condition, Nick took the decision of keeping optimism.

Becoming self-sufficient

 Getting into a normal school was another problem for Nick; he was supposed to assist to a special school because of his condition, but besides the lacking of limbs, his mental capacity was normal. After too much looking, a Victoria state law prevented Nick from attending a mainstream school. He was happy to be soon incorporated in the school and make new friends, but his lack of limbs made him a target for the school bullies, and he fell into a severe depression. At the age of ten years old, Nick contemplated suicide in a horrible way but thinking about his parents’ love, he desisted. He started to thrust in God and by that way, he renovated his thoughts again. During secondary school, he was elected captain of McGregor State in Queensland and worked with the student council on fundraising events for local charities and disability campaigns. (wikipedia)  His academic years were culminated in the Griffith University with a double major in accountancy and a financial planning. The way in which Nick became self-sufficient was quite emotive, he used to pray very hard asking God for giving him arms and legs, but one day, his mother showed him a newspaper article about a man with a severe disability, and realized that he was not the only one.

Motivating the others

Then he found down how to live a full life without limbs; he could write, use a computer, answer the phone, brush his teeth and even comb his hair. Nick went against the people’s expectations and looked  for more. Of course, it was not easy to do it but he had two important things; God and his parents who were always there to support him.  Nick passed a lot of difficulties during his early years, all those things contributed to his formation and became in a motivational speaker. He started his own non-profit organization called Life without Limbs. Nick presents motivational speeches worldwide. He also speaks about his belief that God can use a willing heart to do his work. Traveling internationally and focusing on teen issues. He speaks to corporate audiences, congregations, and schools. But this is not all his work; he is also the writer of the book, Life without Limbs: published in 2010. He marketed a DVD for young people titled: No Arms, No Legs, and No Worries. If this is not enough, Nick is also the main character in the short film The Butterfly Circus, which won the Doorpost Film Project’s top prize of 2009. (hubpages)  Vujicic has now formed a new family, he married his fiancée, Kanae Miyahara, on February 12, 2012, and Kiyoshi James Vujicic, which is their son, was born on February 13, 2013.

Nick Vujicic is a great example of how face a problem no matter if it is a physical condition or a mental one, with effort and determination we can do whatever we want. So if he could triumph in his life successfully without limbs, why not we having all our limbs.

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