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Nick Vujicic, a true hero in my opinion
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So, at my school assembly today, they showed this video, “No Arms, No Legs, No Worries,”, which is by this guy Nick Vujicic, who was born limbless except for this small foot-like limb with two toes, which he refers to as his “chicken drumstick”. He showed in the video how he walked, how he could do everthing and cracked loads of jokes, and it was really funny and interesting. But then in the second part of the video he started to talk about looks, and how for girls it’s so important to not be fat, short, tall, and they have to be perfect and we’re all always trying to be what we think everyone else wants. He kept saying through the video, “I love you all, just the way you are. You can say ‘But I’m fat,’ or whatever, man, but I’ll say, ‘I don’t care, I love you, not what you look like”. He talked about bullying and how when he was a kid, 12 people made fun of the way he was, and put him down because he couldn’t do all the things they could, eg, sports like rugby. He talked about how on that day he decided if one more person put him down on that day, he would just give up, and how when he was going in his wheelchair to his parents, a girl called out his name and he thought “this is it, she’s going to insult me,” and then she said, ” Nick, I just wanted to tell you, you’re looking good today,” He talked about how that was him on the edge and how one comment you make could make them take that last step off the edge, or start to bring them away from the edge. He talked about how he didn’t know what it was like for them, to be abused, or hurt, or abandoned or to be overweight, but he did know what being disabled and being alone was like and could understand some of the pain people had.
His talk and support was amazing to hear and I was fighting tears for the last 30 minutes of it, and what with having been really depressed lately as I just left all my friends and my mum and home and bird, started school at a narrow-minded, rasict school, my auntie’s mum just died and my nan being really sick and my poppie who normally looks after her, fracturing his hip, so we have to look after her even more than normal which is really stressful, amongst other things, helped me feel better about my situation, believe more in myself and was so special because it came from someone who knew, and could understand about hurting inside so much, unlike so many other guest speakers at my new school, who have never experienced something like Nick had, which was so much easier to listen to and to respect him.
I definetly know that if I’m ever blessed to meet Nick Vujicic, I’ll give him the biggest hug I’ve given anyone, because, in his words, he is a ‘hugging machine and loves to be hugged, cause hugs are full of love.”
So to finish off, I want to say, I love all you guys and gals on tckid, even though I don’t know any of you, but because I bet you’re all amazing people who should be loved by everyone in the world.
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August 14th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Wow I love this story, and Nick Vujicic is my hero too. That’s a message everyone should hear. I remember watching a video about him at church, he’s an amazing guy. Thanks for sharing this story Woodsie, that was awesome. Where is Nick speaking nowadays?
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August 14th, 2008 at 10:40 am
That story was very touching, I loved it
I haven’t heard of him before, but thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely look him up.
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August 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
I love things like this. Moments that remind me to see the divine in others and myself and remember to love life. I’ll check him out! Thanks!
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August 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 pm
I think right now he’s either in Asia or going to schools in Australia. I think it’s the latter because he’s booked by schools for appearences for the next two years in Aus.
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August 28th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Woodsie,
This story communicated the inner pain experienced by so many.
“He talked about how he didn’t know what it was like for them, to be abused, or hurt, or abandoned or to be overweight, but he did know what being disabled and being alone was like and could understand some of the pain people had.
-> this is really powerful. i think i would have cried had i been listening to him speak.
Woodsie, how are things going now? Has there been any improvements in the situation? I am sorry to hear that you had to go through all this difficulty you shared.
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August 28th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I watched one of his videos too and he is truly amazing…
I moved back to my passport country about 3 months ago and I hate it so much…I didn’t want to come back…lol..
I was going to college in the US but my parent’s can’t afford it anymore so I’m back in Chile trying to figure out what I will study…so confusing..
but anyways, his video (which i watched this weekend) helped me to remember to be more positive as I face this new transition.
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