Essay: A person who has influenced you: Nick Vujicic

Plunging into the water, he was swimming joyfully as water is splashing up the air. His small little body is flexing rapidly back and forth with the current like a fish. His gentle face is smiling, his passionate eyes are sparkling. Undeterred, he swim professionally around like everyone. Born without limbs, Nick Vujicic has found his way to fulfil his life by accepting difference, confronting challenges and having a hope.
Accepting difference is the first step to the path of fulfilling his life. Difference is not something you are not ashamed of, but something you should be proud of as well as being yourself. In fact, everyone can be different in their own way; no matter what different it is, ranging from belief to appearance. The world is not going to disown you, unless you disown the world. Living in a life is the adventure of finding yourself and there is nobody would understand you more than yourself, thereby you should be yourself. In this way, you would be no regret to anything or blame anyone that you’ve done. In our modern societies today, following the majority is inevitable that people usually go after the norm. Unavoidably, some people sometimes are not likely to get along with someone who are different from them. However, considering the condition of Nick Vuijcic, we can see how difference he is compared to us. Without arms and legs, he is not only afraid of it, but also embrace it by showing the world what he can do. Sharing us memorable stories, teaching us valuable lessons and proving us the impossible things, Nick Vuijcic conveys every individual how to be oneself by accepting the difference of one own. As a result, accepting difference is the priority to have in every person’s life because if one can not accept their own quality, how the world would accept him or her.
Challenges is always in a part of ones’ lives; people can avoid it for sometimes, but they cannot avoid it forever. In order to get rid of it, we have to confront it someday. Based on Nick Vuijcic’s life, even though there are many challenges lining up for him, he is never afraid to confront all of it. Getting bad judgments and bullying, he has almost suicided at the age of 9 that he tried to drown himself (Vujicic, 2012). Nothing could made him suffer any less; he has experienced every worst things in his life. However, due to the determination, he has the will of confronting these challanges. As being like a spring, he always stand up no mater how hard difficulties press him down. The challenges doesn’t make him weak, but stronger. Without arms and legs, he can do every thing that he wants such as swimming, playing golf, surfing and even sky-diving. There is maybe a question raised about if someone can do in that situation. In my perspective, it’s not likely for someone are able to do it under that circumstance, but it’s possible. Nick states that “for every disability you have you are blessed with more than abilities to overcome your challenges.” (Vujicic, 2010) this theory is not only work on him, but also on many famous people that I know. For instances, Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest physicist, is now paralyzed. Franklin D.Roosevelt, suffered polio disease, was excellent president of the United States with the four-term serving. The idea here is telling that don’t let any excuses or situations dampen your spirit. Since, if life is not struggling, you are not actually living in it. Therefore, let’s face it and overcome it!
Why people go to wars though they know they die?, why people try hard in their work? and why they never give up easily? The answer is for the sake of country and people, for their wealthy life, and for the dream to come true. There is essential element that make people to become this strong, is the power of hope. Hope can have to the possibility for human-being to do almost everything. It is the miracle energy inside each person to help people overcome their challenges. Hope can lead to dream, and make one’s stories to be more meaningful, valuable and memorable. Sometimes, Hoping too much can let one down, but imagine living the world without hopes. People will not be completed as well as their relationship, their career, and their purpose in life will not be done. As the Martin Luther King Jr has said, “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” Additionally, scientists also proved that hope or optimism is not only improves people’s performances in various fields, but is also effective emotional treatment for patients with anxiety and depression. (“Why Do We Need Hope?”, n.d). As a consequence, this is a solid foundation that contributes limitless influence to the life of Nick Vuijcic’s because he believes that when the moment that he was born, he has been given the right to do everything he wants with his hopes which is raising bigger and bigger inside him day by day. Currently, founding two non-profit organizations; Attitude is Attitude and Life without limbs, he has been motivating by sharing his stories as sending hopes to support the million people around the world, especially someone who has similar condition like his.
In conclusion, Nick Vuijcic is wonderful person that I always admire regarding his own difference, his way of confronting challenges and keeping his hopes. To fulfil his life, I believe he has followed successfully these three factors. Those are fundamental components not only to succeed his relationship and carrer but also his love life. Personally, the most important one is hopes because hopes just like gas in machine; without it, none of any function would ever work. Accordingly, don’t let your hopes die out!