Nick Vujicic Inspiration

Just had one of the most meaningful weekend for 2013. Was really stroked to be able to see Nick Vujicic in person and watched him speak. Man must I say I am truly inspired! There's so much we can learn from this guy.. Especially his "Value" in life. Don't think I'm able to share everything that he said but I'll try my best to recall some of the key points mentioned and share it here. Theory without application is useless. So I'll also share on how his pointers inspired me in my life.

The most important thing to him is "FAITH". His religion. Christianity. God.

When asked "How can you have trust in GOD for the ordeal you are going through? Don't you have doubt?!" He replied "If everything is given to you the way it suppose to be, if god show you everything.. There's no need for "Faith"." And he explained further about how God although did not create a miracle by healing him physically but what God does is heal him internally. His heart.

Ai seh.. Not bad leh this guy.. Make sense wor.. If really god let me strike lottery and my life is free of worries then we don't need religion liao mah.. We ownself think we are GOD already just like some rich arrogant free thinker out there.. They think they can have anything and everything they wanted.. They control their own destiny. This I think make alot of sense. To top it off, when talking about his religion unlike other christian advocate that I came across so far, he respect and does not bring down other religion, or brag about how almighty his god is.. But instead shared how his God help him with his life.. 

I'm like "Wah God you smart ah".. arrange me to go for such talk.. In fact during his talk, I had a few spine tingling moments leh, the kind when you recognize that this is not just a talk, it is more like a message, a message brought through a man but coming from God, I don't know how to explain la.. something like through the power of the holy spirit i think. *FYI I spent 11 years in a Christian school, attended a few church sessions (CHC included) and have met people that are super hardcore christian... But none of them managed to convince me or open up my heart.. Maybe it's the approach they used that made me shut my door* Anyway this is for you God.. I know you sent me a few signs before already
but I need to sort out my thoughts leh... like are you really the one for me?! How to settle my r/s with my present one and be with you.. Give me some time ok?! Or give me some more sign la.. Like whenever I go skim, miraculously there will be really good wave! hahaha kidding la God.. Chill..

The second important thing that matter to him most is "FAMILY". 

If it's not for the unconditional love given to him by his parents. He wouldn't be standing here talking to all of us. That's right. Being a parent myself, I really admired his parent courage and love for such a child. From the day we create and brought a life to this world, our love for our children should be unconditional.. No matter what our children become or how much we have to sacrifice and give to our children.. As parent we should not be expecting for anything in return... The only thing that I will expect from them is to grow up healthy and be happy. Similarly, one day when I'm old and weary.. I would wish that my children will be able to love me unconditionally.. wishing that I remain healthy and happy because at that point of time.. I will no longer be able to provide for them..

Therefore Nick truly understand the impact of parental love on a children and is dedicated to his family and prioritize Family below Faith among all other things. Here are some key take away. Something that most of us failed in the competitive environment we are living in.

- Make time for your family no matter how busy you are. Work life balance is very important.
- Your presence is not good enough. You need to spend quality time with your family. Don't talk about work related stuff.. Put all the work, blackberry, iphone, ipad aside... Engage actively in whatever your children are doing.. Watch them learnt.. Watch them grew day by day.
- There is something in life once you missed it, there's no turning back.. No matter how rich or successful you are.. For eg.. Their milestone in life..
- Parent is the best role model for their children. How you treat your children today shall determine how they treat you when you are old. Simple as that.

"You know, my son, I want him to see the love that his dad has for him. But that's not determined by how much money Dad makes to get (him) into the best university. It's about TIME," said Mr Vujicic, who hopes to have three or four children eventually.

The third most important thing for him is none other then his "Mission"

Going into all the world and preaching the good news to everyone through his story. Inspiring others and heal the the broken heart. Well there are many other valuable pointers that he made in the two hours event but I'll like to end the blog post with one of the most meaningful lesson learnt.

FAILURE IS EDUCATION.

He quoted that Albert Einstein failed 9,999 times before he finally succeed in making the light bulb on the 10,000th time. But "NO" Albert Einstein is not a failure for 9,999 times but rather... learnt 9,999 different ways how you cannot make a light bulb. So the lesson learnt here is that we may fail or fall many times in life.. but we must never consider our self as a "failure". In fact we are getting smarter with every failure.