Nick Vujicic (Still from RT video)
‘Overcome disability of fear’: Nick Vujicic Born
Limbless And Inspirer Of Billions to RT
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Nick Vujicic, who has packed
stadiums around the world with his positive message on life and approach to
overcoming adversity, told RT we all have “disabilities of fear,” and you
should never give up, otherwise you won’t grasp your real limits.
RT.com report continues:
“My message is universal, especially for ‘able-bodied’ people: we have disabilities of the heart, we have disabilities of fear and we need courage to overcome adversity and love one another,” Vujicic told RT’s Oksana Boyko in an interview on Sunday.
“My message is universal, especially for ‘able-bodied’ people: we have disabilities of the heart, we have disabilities of fear and we need courage to overcome adversity and love one another,” Vujicic told RT’s Oksana Boyko in an interview on Sunday.
Vujicic says his expectation of life
is “joy beyond circumstances,” as
it doesn’t matter whether you have a job or education.
“First of
all you have to know the value of you as a person, as an individual. You are
irreplaceable,” says Nick who was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a
rare condition characterized by the absence of all four limbs.
According to Vujicic, the value of
each person “goes beyond materialistic things, what you can and cannot do.”
Hope is the most important thing in
the world, he says, adding that when he has hope “that actually conquers death itself.” He says, “hope never dies.”
“If there
is anything I can communicate to anyone, it is never give up and dream big
because you don’t know your limits… And that’s the only way I have joy and
peace and strength.”
The author of the book “Life
Without Limits” says he believes in miracles and is waiting for them. “I actually keep a pair of shoes in my
closet in case God gives me arms and legs miraculously,” said Vujicic,
repeating a famous phrase of his.
When society looks at Nick Vujicic
with pity, he smiles and has already learned “how to put on a brave face and
say, ‘Hello, how are you? Nice to meet
you.’
“And then
they realize: ‘Wow, he’s just like me, he just doesn’t have arms and legs,’” exclaims Nick, adding that if someone doesn’t want to be his friend
because of how he looks, “it’s their
problem.”
When asked about his inner desires,
Vujicic answers there is “nothing on
this Earth that I first would feel like I need to experience or have.”
“I’m content.
My treasure is not here. My treasure is in my faith and my family,” says the husband and father. He has a two-year-old son.
Nick Vujicic’s family: Mother-in-law (L), Nick (M), his 2-year
old son and his wife (R) on holiday
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Nick told RT’s Worlds Apart program
that he himself is his worst enemy “because
I let the lies grow in my mind” such as the “lie” that he is not
good enough, that he is not going to get a job, get married, touch his wife’s
hand, or hold his kids when they are crying.
“My
happiness right now started with a dream… believing! Today I’m happy, I’m a
speaker, I’m married. I love my life, but it was quite a journey.”
The 32-year-old alluded to bullying
he experienced at school. He even attempted suicide at the age of 10 after he
was once badly bullied.
“What I
realized about people who were teasing me that I could actually tease them
about how they look. But I didn’t want to do this because it wouldn’t solve
anything. They still have a human soul and are still on their search for their
purpose.”
At the age of 15, Vujicic realized
God did have a plan for him, and though he didn’t know what that plan was, he
said he “needed to give that plan a
chance.”
Vujicic, who has a Bachelor of Commerce from
Griffith University in southeastern Queensland, has spoken inspiringly in
stadiums and other venues across the globe. He has addressed over five million
people in almost 60 countries on five continents.
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