Meet Nick Vujicic
I have dedicated my book Round Pizza in a Square Box to three individuals who have inspired me to live and think differently.
Nick and Amitabh
One individual is Nick Vujicic, whom I met in Salt Lake City, Utah, as he prepared for a flight to Calcutta. Born without arms or legs, Nick inspires people worldwide with his drive and passion for life (www.lifewithoutlimbs.org). Here is his story as written in Round Pizza in a Square Box.
Nick Vijucic features the following quote on the homepage of his website: “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?”
This quote is a mere rhetorical thought for almost every person walking this earth, but for Nick, it is concrete reality. In 1982, he gave his parents and doctors a shock when in Brisbane, Australia, he entered the world without arms or legs.
Nick’s childhood was as normal as it could be. He attended school and struggled like any other child to make new friends, dodge bullies, and develop healthy self-esteem. “Why do I have to be the one child who does not have arms or legs,” he wondered. “What purpose does it serve? Does it serve any purpose at all?”
As years passed, Nick’s faith in God helped him replace feelings of depression and loneliness with strength and contentment. “I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There’s a purpose for why you’re in the fire,” Nick exclaimed.
Nick finished high school, then college, and embarked on a career as a motivational speaker. His taught a simple message: God changes lives. He changed my life and gave me hope and a future. The struggles we encounter have purpose, and can be overcome with the right attitude and trust in God.
In 2007, Nick moved from Australia to California becoming President of Life Without Limbs, a non-profit organization devoted to sharing the message of Christ with students, teachers, youth, businesses, and congregations all around the world. “If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!” Nick professed.
I count myself blessed to have personally met Nick during his visit to Salt Lake City, Utah. Though not yet thirty years old at the time, he had accomplished more to encourage and bless people than most individuals accomplish in a lifetime.
Round Pizza in a Square Box will be released early 2013. To preorder your copy, email your name, address, and phone number to amitabhsingh.info@gmail.com.
He began to master the daily tasks of life. He learned to write using the two toes on his left foot with a special grip that slid onto his big toe. He learned to use a computer and type using the “heel and toe” method. He learned to throw tennis balls, play drum pedals, get a glass of water, comb his hair, brush his teeth, answer the phone and shave.
In Year 7 he was elected captain of his school and worked with the student council on fundraising events for local charities and disability campaigns. When he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group, and eventually started his non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs.The philosopher Plato put it this way, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” For the most part, when we encounter people, we only see them superficially. We aren’t privy to the entire story that’s beneath the surface. We don’t always know what kind of childhood a person had, and we aren’t aware of the battles they may be facing in the present. There is far more that we don’t know than what we do know about any given person.
Only God sees beneath the surface. As King David wrote, “For he knows how we are formed …” (103:14). When God looks at His children He sees the whole picture, and so He judges them favorably and has deep compassion for them. We must learn to see each other through God’s eyes — with empathy, understanding, and love. With that kind of perspective, we can do more good than harm. Instead of bringing people down, we can help to raise them up.
Nick Vujicic is a kingdom builder and he is one of the most important Brothers who inspires me to work for the Gospel. I saw him quite some time back in one of the Gospel meetings in LA. He is awesome. I pray that the Lord will use Nick more and more.
Blessings,
Raj Kosaraju
He began to master the daily tasks of life. He learned to write using the two toes on his left foot with a special grip that slid onto his big toe. He learned to use a computer and type using the “heel and toe” method. He learned to throw tennis balls, play drum pedals, get a glass of water, comb his hair, brush his teeth, answer the phone and shave.
In Year 7 he was elected captain of his school and worked with the student council on fundraising events for local charities and disability campaigns. When he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group,[8] and eventually started his non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs.
The philosopher Plato put it this way, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” For the most part, when we encounter people, we only see them superficially. We aren’t privy to the entire story that’s beneath the surface. We don’t always know what kind of childhood a person had, and we aren’t aware of the battles they may be facing in the present. There is far more that we don’t know than what we do know about any given person.
Only God sees beneath the surface. As King David wrote, “For he knows how we are formed …” (103:14). When God looks at His children He sees the whole picture, and so He judges them favorably and has deep compassion for them. We must learn to see each other through God’s eyes — with empathy, understanding, and love. With that kind of perspective, we can do more good than harm. Instead of bringing people down, we can help to raise them up.
Nick Vujicic is a kingdom builder and he is one of the most important Brothers who inspires me to work for the Gospel. I saw him quite some time back in one of the Crusades in the States. He is awesome. I pray that the Lord will use Nick more and more. He definitely is in Jesus inner circle.
Blessings,
Raj Kosaraju