[Update on 09/19/2009: See the video that I just found on YouTube at the end…]
Original Post from 07/08/2006…
Everytime you are ready to give up, every time you think:
- I am too tired right now…
- I am too sleepy right now…
- I am too hungry right now…
- I am not feeling too well…
- I don’t have the strength…
- I don’t have the time…
- I don’t have the money…
- I don’t have the patience…
- I don’t have the will …
- I just need one last puff…
- I just need one last drink…
- My parents didn’t give me the education…
- My parents didn’t give me the right values…
- God didn’t give me the looks…
- God didn’t give me the intelligence…
- God didn’t give me the talent…
- God didn’t give me the skill…
- God didn’t give me the gift of…
- I can’t…
- I won’t…
- I am not…
Every time you catch yourself saying one of the things above, just think of this guy:
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“There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn’t change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School and learnt that God loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I didn’t understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this?
Is it because I did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of all the kids at school, I’m the only weird one. I felt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the better it’d be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a young age, but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were always there to comfort me and give me strength.”
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“I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I want to become the best witness I can be of God’s Love and Hope, to become an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed and share my story on the “Oprah Winfrey Show”! Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called “No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!”
Are you capable of inspiring others like this? Would you be capable of inspiring others like this at least before you die?
Start on the path today – the path of doing something to make yourself worthy enough of inspiring others. If not tomorrow, someday you will be successful, I promise.
My hat’s off to Nick Vujicic, my newest Guru Drona .
Update on 09/19/2009:
Just found this video on YouTube. This one brought tears to my eyes.