This was their long-awaited firstborn. The father was in labor. He saw the baby's shoulder - what is it? No hand. Boris Vuychich realized that he had to leave the room immediately so that his wife would not have time to notice how his face had changed. He couldn't believe what he saw.

When the doctor came out to him, he began to say:

"My son! Doesn't he have a hand?

The doctor replied:

“No... Your son has neither arms nor legs.”

Doctors refused to show the baby to the mother. The nurses were crying.

Why?

Nicholas Vujicic was born in Melbourne, Australia, into a family of Serbian emigrants. Mother is a nurse. Father is a pastor. The whole parish lamented: “Why did the Lord allow this to happen?” The pregnancy proceeded normally, everything was fine with heredity.

At first, the mother could not bring herself to take her son in her arms and could not breastfeed him. “I had no idea how I would take the child home, what to do with him, how to take care of him,” recalls Duska Vujicic. – I didn’t know who to contact with my questions. Even the doctors were at a loss. Only after four months did I begin to come to my senses. My husband and I began to solve problems without looking too far ahead. One after another."

Nick has a semblance of a foot instead of a left leg. Thanks to this, the boy learned to walk, swim, skateboard, play on the computer and write. The parents managed to get their son into a regular school. Nick became the first disabled child in a regular Australian school.

“This meant that teachers were paying too much attention to me,” Nick recalls. - On the other hand, although I had two friends, most often I heard from my peers: “Nick, go away!”, “Nick, you don’t know how to do anything!”, “We don’t want to be friends with you!”, “You’re nobody.” !

Drown yourself

Every evening Nick prayed to God and asked him: “God, give me arms and legs!” He cried and hoped that when he woke up in the morning, arms and legs would already appear. Mom and dad bought him electronic hands. But they were too heavy, and the boy was never able to use them.

On Sundays he went to church school. They taught there that the Lord loves everyone. Nick didn’t understand how this could be - why then God didn’t give him what everyone else had. Sometimes adults came up and said: “Nick, everything will be fine!” But he didn’t believe them - no one could explain to him why he was like this, and no one could help him, not even God. At the age of eight, Nicholas decided to drown himself in the bathtub. He asked his mother to take him there.

“I turned my face into the water, but it was very difficult to hold on. Nothing worked. During this time, I imagined a picture of my funeral - my dad and mom were standing there... And then I realized that I couldn’t kill myself. All I saw from my parents was love for me.”

Change your heart

Nick never tried to commit suicide again, but he kept thinking why he should live.

He won't be able to work, he won't be able to hold his fiancée's hand, he won't be able to hold his child when he cries. One day, my mother read Nick an article about a seriously ill man who inspired others to live.

Mom said: “Nick, God needs you. I do not know how. I do not know when. But you can serve Him.”

At the age of fifteen, Nick opened the Gospel and read. The disciples asked Christ why this man was blind. Christ answered: “So that the works of God may be revealed in him.” Nick says that at that moment he stopped being angry at God.

“Then I realized that I am not just a man without arms and legs. I am God's creation. God knows what He is doing and why. “It doesn’t matter what people think,” Nick says now. “God didn’t answer my prayers.” This means that He wants to change my heart more than the circumstances of my life. Probably, even if I suddenly had arms and legs, it would not calm me down so much. Arms and legs on their own.”

At nineteen, Nick studied financial planning at university. One day he was asked to speak to students. Seven minutes were allotted for the speech. Within three minutes the girls in the hall were crying. One of them could not stop sobbing, she raised her hand and asked: “Can I come up on stage and hug you?” The girl approached Nick and began to cry on his shoulder. She said: “No one ever told me they loved me, no one ever told me I was beautiful just the way I am. My life changed today."

Nick came home and announced to his parents that he knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. The first thing my father asked was: “Are you thinking of finishing university?” Then other questions arose:

— Will you travel alone?

- And with whom?

- Don't know.

-What are you going to talk about?

- Don't know.

- Who will listen to you?

- Don't know.

A hundred attempts to get up

Ten months a year he is on the road, two months at home. He traveled to more than two dozen countries, more than three million people heard him - in schools and prisons. It happens that Nick speaks in stadiums with thousands of seats. He performs about 250 times a year. Nick receives about three hundred offers for new performances a week. He became a professional speaker.

Before the start of the performance, an assistant carries Nick onto the stage and helps him sit on some raised platform so that he can be seen. Then Nick tells episodes from his everyday life. About how people still stare at him on the streets. About the fact that when children run up and ask: “What happened to you?!” He answers in a hoarse voice: “It’s all because of cigarettes!”

And to those who are younger, he says: “I didn’t clean my room.” He calls what he has in place of his legs “ham.” Nick says his dog likes to bite him. And then he begins to beat out a fashionable rhythm with his ham.

After that he says: “And to be honest, sometimes you can fall like this.” Nick falls face first into the table he was standing on.

And he continues:

“It happens in life that you fall, and it seems you have no strength to get up. You wonder then if you have hope... 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. The main thing is how you finish. Are you going to finish strong? Then you will find the strength to rise up - in this way.”

He leans his forehead, then helps himself with his shoulders and stands up.

The women in the audience begin to cry.

And Nick begins to talk about gratitude to God.

I'm not saving anyone

—Are people touched and consoled because they see that someone is having a harder time than they are?

“Sometimes they tell me: “No, no! I can’t imagine myself without arms and legs!” But it is impossible to compare suffering, and it is not necessary. What can I say to someone whose parents are divorced? I don't understand their pain.

One day a twenty-year-old woman approached me. She was kidnapped when she was ten years old, enslaved and abused. During this time, she had two children, one of them died. Now she has . Her parents don't want to communicate with her. What can she hope for? She said that if she had not believed in God, she would have committed suicide. Now she talks about her faith with other AIDS patients so they can hear her.

Last year I met people who had a son without arms and legs. The doctors said, “He will be a plant for the rest of his life. He won’t be able to walk, he won’t be able to study, he won’t be able to do anything.” And suddenly they found out about me and met me in person - another person like him. And they had hope. It is important for everyone to know that they are not alone and that they are loved.

- Why did you believe in God?

“I couldn’t find anything else that would give me peace.” Through the word of God, I learned the truth about the purpose of my life - who I am, why I live, and where I will go when I die. Without faith, nothing made sense.

There is a lot of pain in this life, so there must be absolute Truth, absolute Hope, which is above all circumstances. My hope is in heaven. If you associate your happiness with temporary things, it will be temporary.

I can tell you many times when teenagers came up to me and said: “Today I looked in the mirror with a knife in my hand. This was supposed to be the last day of my life. You saved me".

A woman came up to me one day and said, “Today is my daughter’s second birthday. Two years ago she listened to you and you saved her life.” But I can’t save myself either! Only God can. What I have is not Nick's achievements. If it were not for God, I would not be here with you and would no longer exist in the world. I couldn't handle my trials on my own. And I thank God that my example inspires people.

— What can inspire you, besides faith and family?

- A friend's smile.

Once I was told that a terminally ill guy wanted to see me. He was eighteen years old. He was already very weak and could not move at all. I entered his room for the first time. And he smiled. It was a precious smile. I told him that I don’t know how I would feel in his place, that he is my hero.

We saw each other several more times. I asked him one day: “What would you like to say to all people?” He said, "What do you mean?" I replied: “If only there was a camera here.” And every person in the world could see you. What would you say?

He asked for time to think. The last time we talked on the phone, he was already so weak that I could not hear his voice on the phone. We spoke through his father. This guy said, “I know what I would say to all the people. Try to be a milestone in someone's life story. At least do something. Something to be remembered."

Hug without hands

Nick used to fight for independence in every detail. Now, due to a busy schedule, more cases have begun to be entrusted to the patronage worker, who helps with dressing, moving and other routine matters. Nick's childhood fears did not come true. He recently got engaged, is about to get married, and now believes that he doesn’t need hands to hold his bride’s heart. He no longer worries about how he will communicate with his children. Chance helped. An unfamiliar two-year-old girl approached him. She saw that Nick had no hands. Then the girl put her hands behind her back and laid her head on his shoulder.

Nick can't shake anyone's hand - he hugs people. And even set a world record. A guy without arms hugged 1,749 people in an hour. He wrote a book about his life while typing 43 words per minute on a computer. In between work trips, he fishes, plays golf and surfs.

“I don’t always get up in the morning with a smile on my face. Sometimes my back hurts,” says Nick, “But because there is great strength in my principles, I continue to take small steps forward, baby steps.” Courage is not the absence of fear, it is the ability to act, relying not on one’s own strength, but on God’s help.

Parents of disabled children usually divorce. My parents didn't divorce. Do you think they were scared? Yes. Do you think they trusted God? Yes. Do you think they are now seeing the fruits of their labors? Absolutely right.

How many people would believe it if they showed me on TV and said, “This guy prayed to the Lord and he got arms and legs”? But when people see me as I am, they wonder: “How can you smile?” For them this is a visible miracle. I need my trials to make me realize how dependent I am on God. Other people need my testimony that “the power of God is made perfect in weakness.” They look into the eyes of a man without arms and without legs and see in them peace, joy - what everyone strives for.”

Nick Vujicic is a renowned Australian Christian preacher, author, social activist and motivational speaker.

This cheerful man and charismatic speaker is unique in that he achieved worldwide recognition despite the fact that he was born without arms or legs.

Childhood and youth

Nicholas Vujicic was born in Melbourne to Duska and Boris Vujicic, immigrants from Serbia. At the birth, the father was present in the delivery room and saw the child's shoulder without an arm. Out of fear, he ran out into the corridor, and after the end of labor he asked the doctor: “Was my son born without an arm?” The doctor made the diagnosis with great regret:

“He has no arms or legs. This is tetra-amelia."

The disease took away the baby’s arms, and his lower extremities included an underdeveloped foot with fused toes. Surprisingly, despite the enormity of his physical condition, Nick was born completely healthy. His siblings also showed no abnormalities.

For the first 4 months, the mother did not allow the baby to breastfeed. His parents didn't know how to deal with him. Gradually, month after month, the parents began to get used to the special boy. They loved him for who he was, with all his flaws and characteristics.

Surgery immediately after birth allowed the toes to be separated. Thus, Nick received his only limb, a manipulator with the help of which he had to explore the world. This helped Vujicic learn to write and even skateboard, pushing off the asphalt with his feet.

As a child, physical disabilities oppressed Nick. His parents insisted that their son attend a simple school, and the boy suffered from awareness of his own inferiority. In addition, children often bullied him because he was different from them and could not answer them. When Nick was 6 years old, his cousin died of cancer, which was a great shock for Vujicic.

At the age of 10, he decided to commit suicide, but thoughts of his loved ones kept him from taking the fatal step. The boy imagined what pain he would cause to the people who loved him, and abandoned his terrible intention. Then Nick found himself in Christianity, realizing the power of divine love, which permeates the whole world and does not require him to be perfect.

Sermons

At the age of 17, Vujicic gave his first sermon to church parishioners. At 19, he was asked to give a speech to students at Griffith University, where he was studying at the time. The performance was a success and found a lively response among young Australians. That was the first time Nick Vujicic realized that his calling and mission was to motivate those around him with the word of God.

His unconventional appearance, charm and love of life brought popularity to the young preacher, which allowed Vujicic to found the religious charity organization “Life Without Limbs” in 1999. Over the course of several years, Nick's popularity on the continent grew so much that in 2005 he was awarded the prestigious Young Australian of the Year award.

Nick is constantly improving his level. He received 2 higher educations - in accounting and financial planning. In addition to being the founder of Life Without Limbs, he is the owner of the motivational company Attitude Is Altitude.

To convey his worldview to a wide audience, Nick Vujicic gives lectures and sermons. He has visited 45 countries and is constantly expanding the geography of his trips. In March 2015, he gave motivational lectures in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In India, 110 thousand people came to just one meeting with the speaker.

Vujicic has an excellent sense of humor. One day Nick had to fly to another lecture. He entered the plane, positioned himself in front of the passengers and introduced himself as the captain of the plane. A moment's silence gave way to enthusiastic laughter and thunderous applause.

Preaching the idea of ​​unconditional love, Nick held a hug marathon, where he hugged 1.5 thousand listeners. As part of his social activities, the man uses the capabilities of the World Wide Web. Nick shoots videos, blogs and shares with fans details of life in "Instagram". In addition, Nick Vujicic writes books where he talks about fate and shares with readers his thoughts about man’s place in the world.

Books and films

Nick starred in a short film by Joshua Weigel. The film tells about a circus with unusual performers. Among his artists are an old man who flies under a circus big top, a kind and graceful acrobat girl, and a flexible person who fits into a suitcase. But Vujicic plays the main role in the film. His hero is used as a living exhibit, tomatoes are thrown at him, everyone mocks him.

The film tells the story of a strong man who listened to his heart and, despite the absence of arms and legs, began to live a full life. The film motivates and evokes respect for Vujicic, because the plot is similar to the fate of Nick. This is one of the best motivational films according to viewers and the jury. It won first place at the Ashland, Hartland, Sedona and Method Fest Independent Film Festivals.

Nick's bibliography includes 4 bestsellers. The books talk about willpower, which can be cultivated if you believe in yourself and strive to achieve a great goal. Vujicic’s first work “Life without borders. The Path to an Amazingly Happy Life" was published in 2010. The book revealed to the world the phenomenon of a preacher whose life is associated with great restrictions.

In addition to talking about himself, Nick formulated the principles of a happy life on the pages of the publication. The absence of limbs does not prevent Vujicic from enjoying the joys of life, surfing, swimming, jumping from a springboard into the water. His computer typing speed reaches 43 words per minute. The preacher told the readers these and other amazing facts from his biography.

3 years later, Nick released his second work, “Unstoppable. The incredible power of faith in action."

In the book, the speaker described in detail how he managed to turn faith into action. He paid great attention to the difficulties that every reader has to overcome every day. Soon followed by the release of the publication “Be Strong. You can overcome violence (and everything that prevents you from living),” which enjoyed no less success than previous books; it was also sorted into quotes.

Personal life

Nick was an amorous boy from childhood. His first love overtook him in 1st grade. The girl's name was Megan. At the age of 19, Vujicic fell in love again. I had a difficult relationship with the girl. The platonic romance lasted 4 years, after which the feelings cooled down. At one time, the young man thought that he would never improve his personal life and would not be able to start a family. But he was wrong.

Seeing his future bride for the first time, Nick experienced an explosion of emotions; he felt himself regaining his legs and arms. It was love at first sight. The writer's chosen one was Kanae Miyahara. The girl turned out to be half Japanese and half Mexican. She was also a member of the Evangelical Church. The bride's father moved to Mexico, where he founded his own business. Later, after his death, the family, consisting of his mother, two sisters and a brother, moved to the United States.

Just 3 months after they met, in the spring of 2011, Nick and Kanae decided to live together. It was not easy for the young couple, but the girl quickly got used to the everyday peculiarities of living together, and besides, Nick at that moment lost all his savings after the financial crisis. But Kanae turned out to be a wise and patient woman.

In 2012, Nick Vujicic got married. The speaker placed the diamond engagement ring in a basket of chocolate ice cream, which is Kanae's favorite. The girl agreed. The wedding took place simply, without unnecessary publicity. Only a few photos from the celebration appeared on the Internet. Nick described the details of the novel in the book “Love Without Limits. A remarkable story of true love."

The wife loves her husband madly and copes with all responsibilities. His wife helps Nick in charitable and preaching activities. They often appear together at special events and sports matches.

A year later, on February 14, Valentine's Day, Nick Vujicic and his wife became parents for the first time. The couple had their first child, who was named Kieshi James Vujicic. The child is completely healthy (3.6 kg at birth); he did not inherit his father’s genetic pathologies. The birth of their first child inspired the couple, and their second son was born 2 years later. The boy was named Dejan Levi.

In 2017, Nick Vujicic’s family was expanded with two charming girls. Twins Olivia and Ellie were born at the end of December. The daughters, like the speaker’s sons, are completely healthy. Nick first reported the news to his subscribers

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.

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 cannot 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 the opportunity it gives you 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 aircraft control technology... 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 education degrees: 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 were crying, 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. It's 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.

Truly one of the most amazing personalities of modern society can be called Australian Nicholas James Vujicic. Deprived of arms and legs, he leads an active lifestyle, writes books and reads sermons that help thousands of people accept their shortcomings, raises his own and adopted children with his wife, and is sincerely happy.

Some people admire Nick Vujicic, others are indignant about his publicly displayed public activities. But it is definitely impossible to remain indifferent to his extraordinary biography.

Birth and illness

December 4, 1982, Melbourne. The long-awaited first-born has appeared in the Vujicic family of Serbian emigrants - nurse Dushka and pastor Boris. The anticipation of joy from the expected event gave way to shock and stupor. The new parents, and the entire hospital staff, were dismayed by what they saw - the baby was born without arms and legs, although during the pregnancy the ultrasound did not show any deviations from the norm.

Pity and fear - a mixture of exactly these feelings was experienced by parents in the first months of their son’s life. A sea of ​​shed tears and endless questions tormented them day and night for several months, until one day they made a decision - to live, just live, not look into the distant future, solve the assigned tasks in small steps and rejoice in what their family was given by fate.

early years

Nicholas grew up in a devout family. Every morning and evening for him was marked by prayer to the Almighty. It’s not difficult to guess what a little boy could ask for in his situation.

When a child regularly asks for something, in the depths of his soul he hopes to receive it equally or later. But, alas, arms and legs will not grow from prayers. Faith was gradually replaced by oppressive disappointment, which over time grew into severe depression.

At the age of 10, the one whom millions of healthy, prosperous people will want to imitate in the future firmly decides to commit suicide... Then Nick was saved from a terrible step by love, yes, yes, it was precisely this notorious feeling. Lying in a bathtub filled to the brim with water, he saw his parents bending over his grave as if in reality. There was love in their eyes, mixed with pain from loss.

Refusing suicide did not save the teenager from suffering, but it instilled in him the realization that even with congenital tetra-amelia syndrome, one can live a full life. Nick began to intensively train his only limb - a tiny semblance of a foot.

At first, Nick attended a specialized school for the disabled, but when the law on disabled people changed in Australia in the early 90s, he insisted on going to a regular school on the same basis as ordinary children. Needless to say, cruel children bullied and hated their peers, who were so different from them. Nick found solace in weekly Sunday trips to church school.

Later, Brisbane's Griffin University will gladly accept a guy who has already matured and gained worldly wisdom into the ranks of its students. During this time, Nick underwent surgery and received the semblance of fingers on the appendage he had in place of his left leg. Thanks to his fortitude, he learned to use them to work on a computer, fish, play football, surf and skateboard, take care of himself in everyday life, and even move around.

The way forward

Nick Vujicic received two higher educations - he has a bachelor's degree in finance and accounting. However, this high merit did not give him personal respite: Nick, seemingly fragile and helpless, continued to improve himself.

In the end, Nick Vujicic found his purpose in life. If earlier he was sure that God had deprived him of his mercy, then later the awareness of the significance of his own illness elevated him above the rest. It was thanks to his external inferiority that he was able to show contrasting strength and fortitude.

Since 1999, he has been conducting preaching activities, which today represent unprecedented work in terms of geographical breadth and power of psychological impact.

As Nick himself claims, hundreds of thousands of roads are open to him, and the world is filled with people, and each of them has their own difficulties. He, as a messenger of goodwill, has something to tell them.

Schools, universities, prisons, orphanages, churches - this is where Vujicic began his work, which he now succinctly defines as “motivational speaking.”

The disabled person gained universal fame through his participation in talk shows and programs, and the organization of motivational meetings. At one of the first rallies, people lined up to hug the man who had helped them so much. Subsequently, this grew into a pleasant tradition.

“Butterfly Circus,” a 2009 short film starring our hero, gained well-deserved fame and received a $100 thousand award as part of the Dorpost Film Project charity project. In a couple of years, Nick will write and perform the song “Something More,” followed by a video adaptation, in the middle of which the author will make a personal confession.

In 2010, Nick Vujicic’s first and most famous book, “Life without Borders: The Path to an Amazingly Happy Life,” was published. On its pages, Nick openly spoke about his life, hardships and difficulties and his experience of overcoming them. The book became a bestseller and forced hundreds of thousands of readers to reconsider their attitude towards life and become happy.

The following works were devoted to the same theme: “Unstoppable”, “Be Strong”, “Love Without Borders”, “Boundlessness”. Translated into several languages ​​of the world, they are not just psychological reading material, they allow you to see solutions even through the prism of deep despair.

Nick Vujicic has a charitable foundation that has launched a campaign on a global scale. For his significant contribution to the development of humanity, he was awarded many awards - from his native Australia (“Young Australian of the Year”) to Russia (“Golden Diploma”).

Personal life of Nick Vujicic. Family and Children

It may seem that if a person can come to terms with such serious physical disabilities, then others will never accept them. But the most famous man without arms and legs lives a more than full life. He has a beautiful wife and absolutely healthy children.

Vujicic dated his first and only love, Kanae Miyahara, for about four years before proposing to her. A girl from a poor Japanese-Mexican family shared Nick's Christian views on life and was admired by his fortitude, kindness and selflessness.

On February 12, 2012, the couple got married, and 2013 and 2015 gave the spouses two successors to the family - Kiyoshi James and Dejan Levi.

A little later, at the family council, it was decided to give a family to disadvantaged children - this is how three orphans found a father and mother in Nick and Kanae.

Nick Vujicic now

There is no clear definition for the Nick Vujicic phenomenon. He is a unique person who has made all dreams come true. This is the man who could. He deserves to be a role model.

Nick Vujicic continues to write books and devotes a lot of time to developing the Life Without Limbs foundation. The organization helps those who, like Nick, have congenital tetra-amelia syndrome, and those who have lost arms and legs due to accident or illness.

According to the Daily Mail, the wedding took place on February 10 in California, after which they went on their honeymoon to Hawaii.

Nick Vujicic was born on December 4, 1982 in the Australian city of Brisbane into a family of Serbian immigrants. He suffers from the rare Tetra-Amelia syndrome, a complex genetic disorder in which a person is missing all four limbs. However, the boy partially has one foot with two toes.

In 1990, deeply worried about his physical disabilities, Nick attempted suicide, but over time he realized that his achievements in life could inspire others.

He began to learn simple things: he learned to write with two toes on his left foot, he learned to brush his teeth, shave, comb his hair, answer the phone and type on a computer. In seventh grade, he became class president and participated in fundraising campaigns for charity.





In 1999, he began speaking to his church group and soon opened a non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs, becoming a motivational speaker. In 2005, Nick Vujicic was nominated for the Young Australian of the Year award.

In 2009, he starred in the film “The Butterfly Circus,” which tells the story of a man without limbs, Will, and his fate. He has traveled to more than 24 countries speaking at schools, universities and other organizations. Participates in television shows and writes books. His first book, Life Without Limbs, was published in 2010.

Nick currently resides in California, USA.

Latest news about Nick's ministry: He continues to travel around the world preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

“I have freedom of choice and I made my choice to believe the Word of God!” /Nick Vujicic/

“You experience complexes about the fact that you have freckles, your hair doesn’t lie correctly, your ears are not like everyone else’s, your nose is too big... How do you think I felt?” /Nick Vujicic/

"Jesus heals! Jesus sets free! Jesus set me free from my depression!" /Nick Vujicic/

“I often repeated to God: “If You give me arms and legs, then I will go all over the world.” And today you would think that this was all a joke if they showed you on video what I was like. And you would say for sure - montage! Now I stand before you as a miracle of God. Do you think that if I had arms and legs, I would stand here? No, how wonderful is God’s plan! " / Nick Vuychich /

"Every sin you have declared and confessed has been forgiven by God!" /Nick Vujicic/

“If you are tired, and I am very often tired, then I want to encourage you: we will have forever to rest!” /Nick Vujicic

"I pray to God: 'Lord, lift me up! God, give me strength to continue walking with you! Change my heart!" / Nick Vujicic

“The hardest time for me was when I was 8 years old. I seriously wanted to commit suicide. But the Lord did not let me make such a mistake” / Nick Vujicic /

“I learned to swim, type 43 words per minute on a computer, brush my teeth on my own. And I continued to pray for a miracle, asking God for arms and legs. But God did not give me a miracle. And then I realized that it was in this form that I was a miracle for other people. Now I travel around the world with the ministry “Life without limits”. There are many people with arms and legs, but they are disabled in mind. They need help to find truth and happiness."