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Nick Vujicic’s story of how he overcame his disability in order to help encourage millions of people all around the world through his motivational speeches is one of the most inspiring stories I have ever heard. Vujicic was born with a rare disability known as tetra-amelia snydrome, a disability that rendered him without arms or legs. His syndrome resulted in depression and attempted suicide during his early childhood, and he truly believed he would never achieve happiness in life. Despite his mental and physical struggles that worsened from being a target of  constant teasing and bullying, Vujicic eventually learned to embrace his lack of limbs. He soon became grateful for his life and decided to use it in order to inspire others to never give up through motivational speaking.

So far, Vujicic has addressed over three million people around the world through his motivational speaking. Therefore, he has comforted millions and has possibly even saved lives. Vujicic has truly impacted these people through his story and unique way of sharing this story. He mixes such elements as humor, tragedy, and compassion in his speeches in an effective way, in order to trigger an emotional response from the audience. Listeners of Vujicic’s motivational speaking can even feel the passion and comfort in his tone and voice during his speeches. Audiences are so moved by his speaking that they all laugh and cry in unison as an appropriate response to Vujicic’s ardent words. Vujicic constantly emphasized this following saying in most of his speeches: “If you can’t get a miracle, become one.” He never let his disability get the better of him, and hopes that  he will help others so that they will also never feel hindered by their own supposed flaws. The image above shows Vujicic under a spotlight, surrounded by thousands of people. It is truly an accurate depiction of Vujicic’s impact on the world.