Overcoming Obstacles

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“I am gonna try again and again, because the moment I give up, is the moment I fail”—Nick Vujicic. Along the way of our life, we might fall down because of the obstacles that we faced. Sometimes, we fall down before we cross the obstacles, sometimes, we fall down when we cross the obstacles. But the important thing is we need to get back up after we fall down. This is because we gotta fall before we fly and this is the only path way to become successful in future. Sometimes in life, we might fall down and cannot find the strength to get back up, however, this is only a reason for us to give up and after we give up, we have no hope anymore. This is because as a people like Nick Vujicic who has no hands and no legs can get back up after fall, therefore, as a normal people, we have no reason to give up after fail. The spirit of never give up of Nick Vujicic had touch my heart and let me respect to his attitude more than before. …show more content…
This is because he never blame his parents about his abnormal body but he appreciate it and use the alternative way to surmount difficulties that he face in everyday life although he need to try again and again to complete a small task like writing. In the other words, as a human who has a normal body like us, we should appreciate it and do not blame the world is not fair. This is because our life is better than many people in this world such as the children at Africa who do not have daily needs, the children who do not have education and the people like Nick Vujicic who has disabled. Other than that, Nick Vujicic also believe that everyone has the power to change their life circumstances. Because of this believe, Nick Vujicic had overcome the problem of writing, swimming, fishing and even typing. This had proof that we can goes beyond our life circumstances if we are believing and willing to work for it. In other words, believing can change the impossible become I’m

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