I want to talk about like when I started
You know , go to school and stuff,
and a lot of people put me down
You know what I mean ?
a lot of people tease each other .
I mean. People come up and say
Hey ! are you know ,You're too short, you're too tall
You look .... whatever !
and different hair and all that .... it doesn't matter !
when you're growing up in life it actually sort of matters
to people how you look.
and than it matters to you because it matters to others !
WHY! . why does it matter how you look because
if they don't like you then who will?
if they don't accept you then who will?
and the fear that we have is that we're gonna be alone.
That we're not good enough and you know we have to change ourselves.
you know so many people put me down and said ,Nick, you look too weird and no one is really your friend.
and you can't do this and you can't do that.
and I couldn't change anything. It isn't like I was fixing my hair one day and everything was fine.
it isn't like, you know... just whatever .
I couldn't change my circumstance.
I couldn't just one day wake up and say Hey!
give me arms and legs. I need arms and legs !
But it was so hard because people put me down.
and I started believing that I was not good enough. I started believing that I was a failure.
That I would never ever be somebody who people would like , people would accept.
and it was so hard , man .I thought to myself ..You know
I can't go on the soccer field like everybody else !
I can't ride my bike and I can't skateboard and all these sort of things !
I started getting depressed.
I thought, what kind of purpose do I have to live? I mean, are you just here to live to die
I mean
is there not a purpose for me? is there not a purpose in life ?
and I had questions and no answers and I asked my mum and dad ,why did this happen?
I asked doctors why did this happen ? they don't know .
There are some things in life that are out of your control
that you cann't change and you gonna live with
The choice that we have ,though, is either to give up or keep on going.
I want to ask you ,what are you gonna believe ?
are you gonna believe in yourself or are you gonna believe everybody else's judgment on you
are you gonna believe people when they say that
you're a failure
That no one really likes you .That no one really cares about you .
And It isn't really to say that you need somebody to come up to you
and say , Hey! I really like you and I really care about u.
you know , it is not about that,
but it's the fact that people put you down.
people don't even look you in the eye.
people ask you how you are and you say fine but you are not really fine and they'll never know that.
I tell you life is interesting. Life is a journey.
so what do you do when you fall down? get back up everybody knows to get back up.
but I tell you there're some times in life where you fall down
and feel like you don't have the strength to get back up.
I'm down here ,
face down and I have no arms and no legs
it should be impossible for me to get back up
it should be impossible
for me to get back up but it's not !
You see , I'll try one hundred times to get up and if I fail one hundred times
if I fail and I give up , do you think that I'm ever gonna get up ?
No !
but if fail and I I try again.
and again and again for as long as I try
there is always that chance of me getting up !
and it is not the end
until you have given up !
And just the fact that you are here
should persuade you
that you have another chance to get back up.
There is still hope
I'm not here today to tell you that I understand your pain, I don't know how it feels to be abused.
I don't know how it feels, I don't know how it feels
but I know how it feels to have a broken heart.
and I know how it feels to be alone
but I just want you to know that it's not the end.
it matters how you are gonna finish
Are you going to finish strong ?
and you will find that strength to get back up !