Life Without Limits
A Review by Robert Walmsley-Evans
This book titled Life Without Limits – how to live a ridiculously good life; is written by Nick Vujicic (pronounced Voy-a-Chich). Nick was born in Victoria, has lived much of his life in Brisbane and now lives mostly in the USA.
Nick was born with no limbs, but does not let that interfere with his life, which is based on a strong personal faith, a powerful sense of hope and optimism, and an infectious humour. Given everything that has happened throughout his life, he is a remarkable person.
With this book, Nick is trying to help people to believe that they are not alone in the world no matter what difficulties they may face. He is also clearly saying to his readers that while they will have dark times, they should try not to let life’s pressures get on top of them. In the book there are many examples of times where Nick uses humour to help people feel more comfortable with him and with themselves.
The time when Nick was in Indonesia and placed himself in the overhead luggage compartment on a plane to surprise other passengers, is a good example of his humour drawing people to him and breaking down barriers.
Nick is heavily guided by his faith, and clearly relies on this in his charitable activities, which include public speaking and fund raising.
The book gives many examples of Nick refusing to allow concerns of others to stop him from taking risks. For example, Nick has mastered scuba diving and surfing, which he did with a young woman who had her arm taken by a tiger shark but still surfs and travels the world.
One of the things, which I think is most memorable from the book, is a Korean Proverb, which says ‘If you are knocked down seven times, get up eight times’.
I enjoyed this book because he lets you into his life and encourages everyone to be positive and focus on their abilities, not their limitations.
Robert Walmsley –Evans
April 28 2011
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