Life without Limbs

Dette er en engelskstil jeg skrev i begynnelsen av 9. klasse. Oppgaven var å skrive om en person man beundret, eller en person som stadig møtte utfordringer. Denne teksten passer til begge. Teksten presenterer Nick Vujicic - og får frem mine meninger om ham. Han har inspirert meg, blant annet til å starte en gruppe på Facebook kalt Sammen Mot Mobbing. Les teksten. Se videoer med Nick's taler på youtube - du kan ikke la være å bli inspirert!


Life Without Limbs
By Julie Egeland

Nick Vujicic was born in Melbourne, Australia, but he was not an ordinary baby. Of course he cannot remember his birth, but his parents have told him about it.

When he was newborn, his father’s face turned green, and he left the room to go vomit. The midwives were shocked, and wrapped the baby up and hid him from his mum’s face. The nurses were crying, and his mother lay in the bed. She didn’t understand what was going on?

The reason why everybody was shocked was because Nick was born without limbs! He had neither arms nor legs, and doctors could give no medical reason for this condition. No one understood how this little boy, without limbs, could survive in the big world.

Nick is a Christian, and believes there was a purpose why he had no limbs. He believes that God had a plan with his life.  Now, at the age of 26, he is travelling around the world, holding motivational speeches in schools. In one of his speeches he says:

“Have you ever felt that if only one more bad thing happens in my life, I’m going to give up? You will come to times when you feel like it’s impossible, like you can’t get through this, but with a little faith you will!”

Sometimes he quotes Eleanor Roosevelt: “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face”.

Vujicic has got no limbs; however, he does have a funny, foot-looking body part, which he calls his chicken drumstick.

Nick Vujicic is a man with a hard childhood. He knew he was different from the other kids, but there was nothing he could do about it. Kids in school were teasing him, pointing fingers at him and laughing at him. He felt so lonely, and the only thing he wanted in his life, was for someone to come up to him and say that everything was ok. 

Of course he has had many worries. One of them was if he would ever get married. He had been thinking a lot about it. Would he be a good husband, having no arms and no legs? He would never be able to hold his wife’s hands! But after a lot of thinking, he realised that he could hold her heart.

When he is holding lectures at schools, he is speaking very honestly and sincerely, but he’s also trying to use a sense of humour. He tips over, and shows them how a man without limbs can manage to raise up without any help.

During his speeches many young people in the audience sympathize with him and start crying. Vujicic says that one time a girl started to cry so loud that she suddenly spoke up: “I’m sorry, but I have to give you a hug!” and she came and hugged him. Then she whispered in his ear that he had saved her life. She was going to commit suicide, but after hearing his speech, she had changed her mind.

The way I see it, Nick Vujicic is really making people think. Girls with eating disorders and boys feeling too short – that is nothing compared to his daily challenges. I truly admire him for sharing his story, without feeling sorry for himself. Every time I watch a video where he is telling about his life I get deeply touched. Listening to his speeches make me want to do something about bullying, helping people who’s going through a hard time, and so on. When I’m watching Nick Vujicic holding a speech on YouTube – I am literally spellbound.

Dette er min favoritt. Den er så ærlig, så bra og veldig humoristisk. Se hele - bli inspirert!