No Arms no Legs No Worries: the Amazing Motivating Story of Nick Vujicic

very moving and inspiring story. Impossible is nothing.
Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to hold another hand with.
Or what about being born without legs? Having no ability to dance, walk, run, or even stand on two feet. Now put both of those scenarios together: no arms and no legs. What would you do? How would that effect your everyday life?



Meet Nick Vujicic... Born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, without any medical explanation or warning,Nicholas Vujicic (pronounced Voy-a-chich) came into the world with neither arms or legs. Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born, brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect and abnormal. A limbless son was not what nurse Dushka Vujicic, and her husband Pastor Borris Vujicic had been expecting. How would their son live a normal happy life?What could he ever do or become whenliving with what theworld would see as such a massive disability? Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless baby would one day be someone who would inspireand motivate peoplefrom all walks of life,touchinglives all over theworld.

Throughouthis childhoodNick dealtnot only with the typical challengesof schooland adolescence such as bullyingand self-esteem issues; he also struggledwith depression and lonelinessas he questioned why he was different to all theother kids surroundinghim; why he was theone born without arms and legs. He wondered what was the purpose behindhis life,or if he even had a purpose. After a lot of frustration and feeling like the odd one out inschool, at seven years of age Nick tried out some specially designed electronicarms and hands, in hopethat he would be more like theother kids. During the short trial periodof the electronicarms, Nick realized that even with them, he was still unlike his peers at school, and they turned out to be much too heavy forNick to operate, effectinghis general mobility quite significantly.
As Nick grew up he learnt to deal with his disabilityand started to be able to do more and more things on his own. He adapted to his situation and found ways to accomplish tasks that most people could only do by using their limbs, such as cleaning teeth, brushing hair, typing on a computer, swimming, playing sports, and much more. As time went by Nick began to embrace his situation and achieve greater things. In grade seven Nick was electedcaptain of his school and worked with thestudent councilthere on various fund-raising events forlocal charities and disability campaigns.
According to Nick thevictory over his struggles throughout his journey, as well as thestrength and passion he has for lifecan be creditedto his faith, his family, his friends and the many people he's encounteredduring his lifewho have encouraged him along the way.
After school Nick went on with further study and obtained a double bachelor degree majoring inaccounting and financialplanning. By the age of 19 Nick started to fulfilhis dream of being able to encourage other people and bring them hope,through motivational speaking and tellinghis story. I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in thefire. Nick wholeheartedlybelieves that there is a purpose ineach of thestruggles we encounter in our lives and that our attitude towards those struggles that can be thesingle most effective factor inovercoming them.
In 2005 Nick was nominated forthe "Young Australian of the Year" Award, which is a large honorin Australia, recognizinga young person for theirexcellence and service to theirlocal community and the nation, as well as their own personal accomplishments. Nominations for this award are only given to truly inspirational people.

Now at 27 years old this limbless young man has accomplished more thanmost people even twice his age. Nick recently made themassive move from Brisbane, Australia to California, USA, where he is the president of an international non-profit organization, and also has his own motivational speaking company; Attitude Is Altitude. Since his first motivational speaking engagement back when he was 19, Nick has traveled around theworld, sharing his story with millionsof people, speaking to a range of different groups such as students, teachers, youth, businessmen and women, entrepreneurs, and church congregationsof all sizes. He has also told his story and been interviewed on various televised programs worldwide. However, Nick's speaking engagements have gonebeyond purely motivational speaking, he has had the opportunity to speak with several leaders, including the vicepresident of Kenya. This year alone Nick is set to speak inover 20 countries.
People say to me, "How can you smile?" he says. Then they realize there's got to be something more to lifethan meets the eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fullerlifethan I am.
Nick shares with his audiences the importance of vision and dreaming big. Using his own experiences in worldwide outreach as examples, he challengesothers to examine their perspective and look beyond their circumstances. He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles as problems, but instead begin to see them as opportunitiesto grow and reach out to others. He stresses theimportance of our attitude being the most powerful tool we have at our disposal and illustrateshow the choices we make can have a profoundeffect on our lives and the lives of those around us. Nick shows through his own lifethat the major keys infulfillingour biggestdreams are persistence and choosingto embrace failure as a learning experience, rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us.
How does Nick Vujicic feel about his disabilitynow? He accepts it, embraces it and oftentimes pokes funat his own circumstance as he shows off his many tricks. He meets challengeswith his special blend of humor, perseverance and faith always encouragingthose around him to examine their perspective as they develop and definetheirvision. Using those new definitionshe challengeseach person he meets to make changes intheir lives so that they can begin thepath to fulfillingtheirbiggestdreams. Through his amazing ability to connect with peoplefrom all walks of lifeand his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike, Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.