Can u Have No arms and No Legs and Still Be Happy?

"I Love Living Life. I am Happy." These are words coming from a man who nether has arms nor legs. Hard to believe? It's true! Yes folks, Say hello to Nick Vujicic.

All of us have times in our lives when we feel very low and miserable and wonder why we even continue to live. Feelings like these have pushed many to end their life. When i was feeling particularly low one day, I decided to go online and see if there was something that would brighten my mood. While I was in the process of checking out my mailbox, I saw a writeup from the "Inspiration by God" Newsletter. The writeup carried a link to a video about a Serbian guy called Nick Vujicic. Nick was born without arms and legs but God did give him two small feet. What's more, one of the feet has two toes. In spite of his disability, Nick learnt to comb his hair, answer the phone, play drum pedals and golf, shave, brush his teeth, and use a computer.

My outlook totally changed after watching that video. I realized that there are so many people out there who might have been in a worse situation than myself and yet emerged happier and stronger than before. I'm talking about people like Nick Vujicic who realize that life is not about what you don't have but about how you make the most out of what you have. It is about how you defy odds to become the best person you can be.

You can read more about Nick Vujicic from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vujicic. You shouldn't be surprised to know that this inspirational 28 year old has a double major in Accounting and Financial Planning. What's more, he is now  a motivational speaker and preacher, and also director of "Life without Limbs," a non-profit organization.

Teena's Tips for the Good Life!!!!! :D :D

After reading so many email forwards about how we can make our life so much better, I was inspired to write my own set of tips for the good life. I am hoping to follow them some time soon. He He!!! Of course, you would have heard of most of them. Hope you'll like it. Please give me your comments.

• Start your day with prayer, praise, and thanksgiving. In your prayers, don't forget your enemies. Also pray for the poor and underprivileged in the world.
  


• Be yourself. Keep your ears open to good advice, and closed to unproductive criticism.
  


• Dress the way you like but also be conscious of the image you're portraying to the outside world.
  


• Do something wild - a crazy hairdo, camping or trekking, go and learn something you always thought was kind of impossible for you.
  


• Make it a habit to do at least one good deed or to make at least one person happy. It can even be someone you're meeting for the first time.
  


• Be a friend to someone who has no friends. It would give you immense satisfaction.
  


• If there's some kind of friction between you and someone else, talk it out in a calm manner. It is really not worth keeping things unsaid and allowing the hurt to remain and the anger to grow.
  


• Exercise - Make it fun if exercising is boring for you. Try some lively music. You can always bring some neat dance steps into your exercise to make it more fun. Dance is exercise too!!!!!!!
  


• Go on a balanced diet.
  


• Get a good night's sleep.
  


• Express your feelings to the person you love now. Who knows, you might never get another chance.
  


• Write down all the positive things in your life now or in the past. Try to read what you've written when you experience the blues.
  


• Set some time aside at least on your day off to engage in a hobby.