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It looks like a myth, a beautiful, instructive, but unreal story. Think about it, a boy born without legs and arms is, by the age of 31, a world-famous motivational speaker, a happy husband and father. Nick Vujicic has traveled halfway around the world. He performed at the stadium, and 110 thousand people listened to him. Does that really happen?
Happens. If you perform a small feat every day. We will tell you about 12 exploits of Nick Vujicic, thanks to which one can read in his sincere smile: “I am happy.”
Birth
One of the best ways to let go of past pain is to replace it with gratitude.
December 4, 1982. Duska Vujicic is giving birth. The first child is about to be born. The husband, Boris Vujicic, is present at the birth.
A shoulder appeared. Boris turned pale and left the family room. After some time, a doctor approached him.
“Doctor, my son doesn’t have an arm?” – asked Boris. "No. Your son has neither arms nor legs,” the doctor answered.
Nicholas's parents (as the newborn was named) knew nothing about Tetra-Amelia syndrome. They didn't know how to handle a baby without arms and legs. The mother did not put her son to her breast for 4 months.
Gradually, Nick’s parents got used to accepting and loving their son for who he is.
Childhood
Failure is the path to mastery.
Ham. That's what Nick nicknamed the only limb on his body. A resemblance to a foot with two fused toes, subsequently separated surgically.
But Nick thinks that his “ham” is not so bad. He learned to use it to write, type (43 words per minute), drive an electric wheelchair, and push off on a skateboard.
Not everything worked out right away. But when the time came, Nick went to a regular school, along with his healthy peers.
Despair
When you feel like giving up on your dream, force yourself to work one more day, one more week, one more month, and one more year. You will be amazed at what will happen if you don't give up.
“You don’t know how to do anything!”, “We don’t want to be friends with you!”, “You’re nobody!” – Nick heard these words every day at school.
The focus shifted: he was no longer proud of what he had learned; he's fixated on something he can never do. Hug your wife, hold your child...
One day Nick asked his mother to take him to the bathroom. Driven by the thought “Why me?” the boy tried to drown himself.
“They didn’t deserve this” - 10-year-old Nick realized that he could not do this to his parents, who loved him very much. Suicide is dishonest. Unfair towards loved ones.
Self-identification
Other people's words and actions cannot define your personality.
“What happened to you?!” – until Nick became world famous, this was the most frequently asked question to him.
Seeing a man without arms and legs, people do not hide their shock. Sidelong glances, whispers behind his back, grins - Nick responds to everything with a smile. “It’s all because of cigarettes,” he says to the especially impressionable. And he makes fun of the children: “I just didn’t clean my room...”.
Humor
Laugh as much as possible. There are days in the life of any person when troubles and hardships pour in as if from a cornucopia. Don't curse trials. Be grateful to life for giving you the opportunity to learn and develop. A sense of humor will help with this.
Nick is a big joker. There are no arms or legs - life has played a trick on him, so why not laugh at it?
One day, Nick dressed up as a pilot and, with the permission of the airline, greeted passengers at the gate with the words: “Today we are testing a new technology for controlling an airplane ... and I am your pilot.”
People who personally know Nick Vucic say that he has an excellent sense of humor. And this quality, as we know, excludes self-pity.
Talent
If you are deeply unhappy, then you are not living your life. Your talents are being misused.
Nick Vujicic has two higher educations: accounting and financial planning. He is a successful motivational speaker and businessman. But his main talent is the ability to persuade. Including through art.
Nick’s first book is called “Life Without Limits: Inspiration for an Absurdly Good Life” (translated into 30 languages, published in Russian in 2012). In 2009, he played the main role in the short film “Butterfly Circus” (IMDb rating – 8.10). A story about finding the meaning of life.
Sport
It is impossible to argue with the fact that madness is genius: anyone who is willing to take risks appears in the eyes of others as either a madman or a genius.
“Crazy” - many people think when they watch Nick looking for a wave while surfing or jumping with a parachute.
“I realized that physical dissimilarity limits me only to the extent that I limit myself,” Vujicic once admitted and did not limit himself in anything.
Nick plays football, tennis, and swims well.
Motivation
Think of your attitude towards the world as a remote control. If you don't like the program you're watching, you simply grab the remote control and switch the TV to another program. It's the same with your attitude to life: when you're unhappy with the result, change your approach, no matter what problem you're facing.
At the age of 19, Nick was asked to speak to students at the university where he studied (Griffith University). Nicholas agreed: he came out and briefly told about himself. Many people in the audience cried, and one girl got up on stage and hugged him.
The young man understood that oratory was his calling.
Nick Vujicic traveled to 45 countries, met with 7 presidents, and spoke in front of thousands of spectators. Every day he receives dozens of requests for interviews and invitations to give a speech. Why do people want to listen to him?
Because his speeches do not boil down to the banal: “Are you having problems? Look at me – no arms, no legs, that’s who has problems!”
Nick understands that suffering cannot be compared, everyone has their own pain, and does not try to cheer people up, saying, “compared to me, everything is not so bad for you.” He just talks to them.
Embrace
I don’t have hands, and when you hug, you press right into their hearts. This is amazing!
Nick admits that since he was born without arms, he never missed them. The only thing he lacks is a handshake. He cannot shake hands with anyone.
But he found a way out. Nick hugs people... with his heart. Once Vujicic even organized a marathon of hugs - 1,749 people hugged with their hearts per day.
Love
If you are open to love, love will come. If you surround your heart with a wall, there will be no love.
They met on April 11, 2010. The beautiful Kanae Miyahara has a boyfriend, Nick has no arms or legs. It's not love at first sight. It's just love. Real, deep.
On February 12, 2012, Nick and Kanae got married. Everything is as it should be: a white dress, a tuxedo and a honeymoon in Hawaii.
Family
It is impossible to live life to the fullest if every decision you make is driven by fear. Fear will keep you from moving forward and prevent you from becoming what you want. But this is just a mood, a feeling. Fear is not real!
Tetra-Amelia syndrome is hereditary. Nick wasn't afraid.
Hope
Everything good in life begins with hope.
Nick Vujicic is a man without arms and legs. Nick Vujicic is a man who believes in miracles. There is a pair of boots in his linen closet. So... just in case. After all, in life there is always room for something more.
Renowned evangelist and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, born without arms and legs, suffered from a young age from the thought that no woman would ever love him or want to marry him. He had enormous doubts about his own suitability as a husband and father. But - how wonderful it is! - Nick got married in 2012, and he and his wife are currently expecting their second child.
Nick saw his future wife during his performance and, as he admits now, after that he almost didn’t understand what he was saying 🙂 After the performance, their mutual friend Tammy brought Kanae along with her older sister Yossi to Nick. They met and Nick wanted to give her his email address to continue communicating. But Kanae said she would take it from Tammy.
A short time later, Tammy texted him: “What did you think?” “This is the most beautiful girl I have ever met!” - Nick answered.
But she never wrote to him.
“Apparently, she just forgot about me. I couldn't think about anyone else. I've fallen in love before, but now everything was different. She was very beautiful, but I immediately felt character, warmth, faith, fearlessness and strength...
I couldn't believe that God sent me this girl, struck my heart, and then let her disappear. I asked Him: “Why did you bring her to me if you don’t want us to be together?”
In a couple of months, Nick had to perform again in the city where Kanae lived. He stayed with Tammy and her husband as usual, secretly hoping to meet Kanae again. But only her older sister Yossi was at home. When he asked where Kanae was, Tammy responded in surprise, "She's out riding her bike with her boyfriend."
And suddenly Nick realized that Tammy thought he liked her older sister! Both sisters were beautiful, but Yossi was single and closer in age to him, so Tammy thought so. That's why she was surprised that he was asking about Kanae.
The meeting with Kanae was not easy for him. According to him, he had never been so cold with anyone. But the torment did not end there. In the evening they were unexpectedly left alone for a few minutes.
Nick, can I talk to you? - Kanae asked.
“Well, of course, we can talk,” he answered as calmly as possible.
“The woman of my dreams decided to pour out her soul to me: she wanted to talk about her boyfriend. The relationship did not develop as she would have liked; several times they were on the verge of breaking up. She liked the guy, but he was clearly not the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.”
Nick found himself in a situation where it was difficult for him to be impartial. Most of all, he wanted Kanae to break up with her boyfriend, but he only said:
You need to pray and ask the Lord for advice.
“If she had thanked her for the advice and left, then our story would have ended there. But she moved closer. I saw her huge, kind brown eyes.
And then I heard amazing words - I can’t believe they came from me:
I have one question. Tell me what do you remember when I say the word “BELL TOWER”?
“Our eyes,” she answered instantly.
- What do you want to say? - I asked again.
“Our eyes,” Kanae repeated. “When we looked at each other, I felt something, something that I had never felt before.
“Wow! So this didn’t just happen to me!” - I thought.
Nick, since then I have been constantly praying to understand what to do,” Kanae said.
- Why didn’t you tell me right away that you have a boyfriend?
- I was going to get your address from Tammy to tell you everything, but she said that you fell in love with my sister...
No, no, no,” I shook my head. - I wrote to her about you, not about Yossi!
- About me?!
- I was only talking about you. I noticed you right away. And it was you I wrote to Tammy about.
“And I thought you were just playing, flirting with both of us.”
“No,” I protested.
We fell silent.
So you prayed and thought about me? - I asked.
“Yes, I didn’t know what to do,” Kanae admitted. - I have a boyfriend, but I’ve never felt anything like that for him.
-Are you serious? - I asked. Kanae didn't answer. I also remained silent."
Despite the fact that their feeling was mutual, they were at a loss. Kanae had a boyfriend whom she had been dating for over a year. Everything was very difficult.
“We decided to go our separate ways. If we are destined to be together, then God will create this miracle. Kanae left. I prayed for an hour, asking the Lord to give me a sign. I asked Him to free me from wanting to be with Kanae if it was not His will. I tried to convince myself that if she was not my betrothed, then I could just move on with my life.
I thought about Kanae all night and all morning. Before we left, she, Tammy and I discussed what happened. Tammy apologized for unwittingly misleading us.
I left not knowing if we would meet again, let alone be together. The last 24 hours have exhausted me. I could only entrust my fate into the hands of the Lord.”
His only consolation was that such a beautiful girl considered him worthy of love. She made a deep impression on him not only with her beauty, but also with her worthy character and strong faith in God.
“You need to believe that a person can love you, despite all your shortcomings. And my story should convince you of this. If it's possible for me, it's possible for you. If that's not enough, take a look around. The world is full of ordinary, imperfect people who find love and friendship.”
When Nick met Kanae by chance a month and a half later, she said:
I prayed, and the Lord sent me peace and quiet. We broke up. I want to be with someone I can spend the rest of my life with.
Based on the book by N. Vujicic
"Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action"
Nick Vujicic is a millionaire without arms and legs, whose story will shake everyone to the core. He showed by his example that you can be happy, regardless of life situations. His every day is an example of faith that truly works miracles. Nick teaches about finding faith and hope in your heart. And most importantly, it proves that you can live a happy, full life if you perform a feat every day. This story is about the most powerful man of our time.
Birth
One of the best ways to let go of past pain is to replace it with gratitude.
December 4, 1982. Duska Vujicic is giving birth. The first child is about to be born. The husband, Boris Vujicic, is present at the birth.
A shoulder appeared. Boris turned pale and left the family room. After some time, a doctor approached him.
“Doctor, my son doesn’t have an arm?” – asked Boris. "No. Your son has neither arms nor legs,” the doctor answered.
Nicholas's parents (as the newborn was named) knew nothing about Tetra-Amelia syndrome. They didn't know how to handle a baby without arms and legs. The mother did not put her son to her breast for 4 months.
Gradually, Nick’s parents got used to accepting and loving their son for who he is.
Failure is the path to mastery.
Ham. That's what Nick nicknamed the only limb on his body. A resemblance to a foot with two fused toes, subsequently separated surgically.
But Nick thinks that his “ham” is not so bad. He learned to use it to write, type (43 words per minute), drive an electric wheelchair, and push off on a skateboard.
Not everything worked out right away. But when the time came, Nick went to a regular school, along with his healthy peers.
Despair
When you feel like giving up on your dream, force yourself to work one more day, one more week, one more month, and one more year. You will be amazed at what will happen if you don't give up.
“You don’t know how to do anything!”, “We don’t want to be friends with you!”, “You’re nobody!” – Nick heard these words every day at school.
The focus shifted: he was no longer proud of what he had learned; he's fixated on something he can never do. Hug your wife, hold your child...
One day Nick asked his mother to take him to the bathroom. Driven by the thought “Why me?” the boy tried to drown himself.
“They didn’t deserve this” - 10-year-old Nick realized that he could not do this to his parents, who loved him very much. Suicide is dishonest. Unfair towards loved ones.
Self-identification
Other people's words and actions cannot define your personality.
“What happened to you?!” – until Nick became world famous, this was the most frequently asked question to him.
Seeing a man without arms and legs, people do not hide their shock. Sidelong glances, whispers behind his back, grins - Nick responds to everything with a smile. “It’s all because of cigarettes,” he says to the especially impressionable. And he makes fun of the children: “I just didn’t clean my room...”.
Humor
Laugh as much as possible. There are days in the life of any person when troubles and hardships pour in as if from a cornucopia. Don't curse trials. Be grateful to life for giving you the opportunity to learn and develop. A sense of humor will help with this.
Nick is a big joker. There are no arms or legs - life has played a trick on him, so why not laugh at it?
One day, Nick dressed up as a pilot and, with the permission of the airline, greeted passengers at the gate with the words: “Today we are testing a new technology for controlling an airplane ... and I am your pilot.”
People who personally know Nick Vucic say that he has an excellent sense of humor. And this quality, as we know, excludes self-pity.
Talent
If you are deeply unhappy, then you are not living your life. Your talents are being misused.
Nick Vujicic has two higher educations: accounting and financial planning. He is a successful motivational speaker and businessman. But his main talent is the ability to persuade. Including through art.
Nick’s first book is called “Life Without Borders: The Path to an Amazingly Happy Life” (translated into 30 languages, published in Russian in 2012). In 2009, he played the main role in the short film “Butterfly Circus” (IMDb rating – 8.10). A story about finding the meaning of life.
Sport
It is impossible to argue with the fact that madness is genius: anyone who is willing to take risks appears in the eyes of others as either a madman or a genius.
“Crazy” - many people think when they watch Nick looking for a wave while surfing or jumping with a parachute.
“I realized that physical dissimilarity limits me only to the extent that I limit myself,” Vujicic once admitted and did not limit himself in anything.
Nick plays football, tennis, and swims well.
Motivation
Think of your attitude towards the world as a remote control. If you don't like the program you're watching, you simply grab the remote control and switch the TV to another program. It's the same with your attitude to life: when you're unhappy with the result, change your approach, no matter what problem you're facing.
At the age of 19, Nick was asked to speak to students at the university where he studied (Griffith University). Nicholas agreed: he came out and briefly told about himself. Many people in the audience cried, and one girl got up on stage and hugged him.
The young man understood that oratory was his calling.
Nick Vujicic traveled to 45 countries, met with 7 presidents, and spoke in front of thousands of spectators. Every day he receives dozens of requests for interviews and invitations to give a speech. Why do people want to listen to him?
Because his speeches do not boil down to the banal: “Are you having problems? Look at me – no arms, no legs, that’s who has problems!”
Nick understands that suffering cannot be compared, everyone has their own pain, and does not try to cheer people up, saying, “compared to me, everything is not so bad for you.” He just talks to them.
Embrace
I don’t have hands, and when you hug, you press right into their hearts. This is amazing!
Nick admits that since he was born without arms, he never missed them. The only thing he lacks is a handshake. He cannot shake hands with anyone.
But he found a way out. Nick hugs people... with his heart. Once Vujicic even organized a marathon of hugs - 1,749 people hugged with their hearts per day.
Love
If you are open to love, love will come. If you surround your heart with a wall, there will be no love.
They met on April 11, 2010. The beautiful Kanae Miyahara has a boyfriend, Nick has no arms or legs. It's not love at first sight. It's just love. Real, deep.
On February 12, 2012, Nick and Kanae got married. Everything is as it should be: a white dress, a tuxedo and a honeymoon in Hawaii.
Family
It is impossible to live life to the fullest if every decision you make is driven by fear. Fear will keep you from moving forward and prevent you from becoming what you want. But this is just a mood, a feeling. Fear is not real!
Tetra-Amelia syndrome is hereditary. Nick wasn't afraid.
And on August 7, Kanae Vujicic gave her husband a son weighing 3.023 kg. The baby was given the name Dejan Levi - and he is absolutely healthy.
Hope
Everything good in life begins with hope.
Nick Vujicic is a man without arms and legs. Nick Vujicic is a man who believes in miracles. There is a pair of boots in his linen closet. So... just in case. After all, in life there is always room for something more.
And this is a Nick Vujicic clip with Russian subtitles called “Something More”:
And his wife Kanae Miyahare became parents of many children on December 20, 2017. The couple, who at that time already had two sons - 4-year-old Kiyosi and 2-year-old Deyan, had twin girls Olivia and Ellie.
Nick Vujicic with his wife and sons
Literally from the very first days, Nick and Kanae began sharing touching pictures of newborn babies with fans and the whole world.
Moreover, they took part in a joint portrait photo shoot with their daughters and have already managed to post touching shots from it on social networks.
Nick Vujicic with his sons
The wife, Kanae Miyahara, in honor of the fact that her twin daughters turned exactly one month old, published several family photos on her official Facebook page and asked all fans to pray for her entire family.
“The twins are four weeks old today! It was an exciting journey full of joy and love. Please continue to pray for us as a family and as a ministry,” commented Kanae Miyahare, Nick Vujicic’s wife, on family portrait photos.
Nick Vujicic with his family and newborn daughters
Newborn daughters of Nick Vujicic and Kanae Miyahara
Nick Vujicic with his newborn daughters
Let us remind you that he is a world-famous motivational speaker, philanthropist, writer and singer. He was born with congenital tetra-amelia syndrome (a rare hereditary disease that causes a child to lack all limbs).
Nick Vujicic met his future wife Kanae Miyahare at one of his motivational speeches and immediately fell in love. The most inspiring couple in the world got married on February 12, 2012.
Watch the video of Nick Vujicic motivating his fans.
Can you imagine a life without arms and legs, but happy and joyful? This person is next to you! His name is Nick Vujicic, he is 33 years old, he is the most successful motivational speaker, one of the happiest people on the planet.
Today, at the age of 33, this guy is without limbs achieved more than most people twice his age.
“When you are not ready to accept yourself, you are even less ready to accept other people.”
Nick recently moved from Brisbon, Australia to California, USA, where he is president of a charity. He also has his own motivational speaking company called Attitude Is Altitude.
At his shows, he often says, “Sometimes you can fall like this,” and falls face first into the table he was standing on. Nick continues: “There are times in life when you fall and you don’t seem to have the strength to get back up. Then you wonder if there is hope for you... I have neither arms nor legs! It seems that if I try to get up even a hundred times, I won’t be able to. But after another defeat I don't give up hope. I will try again and again. I want you to know that failure is not the end. What matters is how you finish. Are you going to finish strong? Then you will find the strength to rise up - in this way.”
“We shouldn’t live in the expectation that happiness will come when we achieve a goal or acquire some thing,” Nick is sure. “Happiness should be with us all the time, and to achieve this, we need to live in harmony - spiritual, psychological, emotional and physical”
He leans his forehead, then helps himself with his shoulders and stands up. The women in the audience begin to cry.
Nick's performances go far beyond pure motivation. He had and still has the opportunity to communicate with several leaders, including, for example, the Vice President of Kenya. Next year, Nick plans to perform in more than 20 countries around the world.
Nick talks to his audience about the importance of having a vision and dreaming big. Using his own experiences around the world as an example, he challenges others to consider their perspectives and look beyond their circumstances. He shares his perspective on how to stop looking at obstacles as a problem and instead start seeing them as an opportunity for growth, how to influence others, etc.
“There are many problems in the world that have not affected me. I am sure that my life is a thousand times easier than the life of many people."
He emphasizes the importance of our attitude and how it is the most powerful tool we have at our disposal; and also shows how the choices we make can have a big effect on our lives and the lives of those around us.
Through his life, Nick shows that main key To achieve our biggest dreams is consistency and opportunity use failure as experience, and the ability to not let guilt and fear of failure paralyze us.
How does Vujicic feel about his disability now?
He accepted it, took advantage of it, and very often he laughs at his circumstances as he shows off many of his “tricks.” He meets challenges with a special sense of humor.
“I learned very early that asking for help is possible and necessary. Whether your body is normal or not, there are some things you can’t handle alone.”
His perseverance and faith always inspires everyone around him to learn their perspective in order to create and define their vision.
Using these new definitions, he challenges every person, whom he meets, so that he can change his life in such a way that he can begin to achieve his greatest dreams. With his extraordinary ability to connect with people from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor that charms children, teens and adults, Nick truly is an inspiring and motivating example.
“Try to look at the end of your own life, and then start living in such a way that, once you get to this point, you will not regret anything.”
This year, Nick Vujicic married his girlfriend Kanae Miahara. The wedding took place on February 12, 2012 in California, after which they went on their honeymoon to Hawaii.
In life, always remember that any “difficulties” are relative. Having the will, you can overcome them and then mock them from new heights. Fortunately, the world around us is replete with examples, such as Nick Vujicic.
April 7, 2016 Nick Vuychich's master class “Life without borders” will take place, where he will share his experience and attitude to the value of life.