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Living Inspiration ………

Living Inspiration ………Please read it…
My name is Nick Vujicic and I give God the Glory for how He has used my testimony to touch thousands of hearts around the ! I was born without limbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles.
"Consider it pure joy, my Brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds."
….To count our hurt, pain and struggle as nothing but pure joy? As my parents were Christians, and my Dad even a Pastor of our church, they knew that verse very well. However, on the morning of the 4th of December 1982 in Melbourne (), the last two words on the minds of my parents was "Praise God!". Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby.
The whole church mourned over my birth and my parents were absolutely devastated. Everyone asked, "if God is a God of , then why would God let something this bad happen to not just anyone, but dedicated Christians?" My Dad thought I wouldn’t survive for very long, but tests proved that I was a healthy baby boy just with a few limbs missing.
Understandably, my parents had strong concern and evident fears of what kind of life I’d be able to lead. God provided them strength, wisdom and through those early years and soon after that I was old enough to go to school.
The law in Australia didn’t allow me to be integrated into a main-stream school because of my physical disability. God did miracles and gave my Mom the strength to fight for the law to be changed. I was one of the first disabled students to be integrated into a main-stream school.
I liked going to school, and just try to live life like everyone else, but it was in my early years of school where I encountered uncomfortable times of feeling rejected, weird and bullied because of my physical difference. It was very hard for me to get used to, but with the support of my parents, I started to develop attitudes and values which helped me overcome these challenging times. I knew that I was different but on the inside I was just like everyone else. There were many times when I felt so low that I wouldn’t go to school just so I didn’t have to face all the negative attention. I was encouraged by my parents to ignore them and to try start making friends by just talking with some . Soon the students realized that I was just like them, and starting there God kept on blessing me with new friends.
There were times when I felt depressed and angry because I couldn’t change the way I was, or blame anyone for that matter. I went to Sunday School and learnt that God loves us all and that He cares for you. I understood that love to a point as a child, but I didn’t understand that if God loved me why did He make me like this? Is it because I did something wrong? I thought I must have because out of all the kids at school, I’m the only weird one. I felt like I was a burden to those around me and the sooner I go, the better it’d be for everyone. I wanted to end my pain and end my life at a young age, but I am thankful once again, for my parents and family who were always there to comfort me and give me strength.
Due to my emotional struggles I had experienced with bullying, self esteem and loneliness, God has implanted a passion of sharing my story and experiences to help others cope with whatever challenge they have in their life and let God turn it into a blessing. To encourage and inspire others to live to their fullest potential and not let anything get in the way of accomplishing their hopes and dreams.
One of the first lessons that I have learnt was not to take things for granted.

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That verse spoke to my heart and convicted me to the point where that I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad" things happen in our life.
I had complete peace knowing that God won’t let anything happen to us in our life unless He has a good purpose for it all. I completely gave my life to Christ at the age of fifteen after reading John 9. Jesus said that the reason the man was born blind was "so that the works of God may be revealed through Him." I truly believed that God would heal me so I could be a great testimony of His Awesome Power. Later on I was given the wisdom to understand that if we pray for something, if it’s God’s will, it’ll happen in His time. If it’s not God’s will for it to happen, then I know that He has something better.
I now see that Glory revealed as He is using me just the way I am and in ways others can’t be used.
I am now twenty-one years old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today’s teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate sector.

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I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow.
I have many dreams and goals that I have set to achieve in my life. I want to become the best witness I can be of God’s Love and Hope, to become an international inspirational speaker and be used as a vessel in both Christian and non-Christian venues. I want to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for me to drive and to be interviewed and share my story on the "Oprah Winfrey Show"! Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year. It will be called "No Arms, No Legs, No

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I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it’s God’s will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What’s worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can’t do anything without Him. Once we make ourselves available for God’s work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God’s

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10 Huge Carved Stone Monuments

The Fortress of Brest

The Fortress of Brest is the second largest war monument in the former Soviet Union. Located in the city of Brest in Belarus the sculpture is a tribute to the famous �� defense against Germany that attacked the Soviet Union during the first days of War II. Its size is impressive and the figure display a palpable toughness.

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Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States. Sculpted by Gutzon Borglum and later by his son Lincoln Borglum, Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
The entire memorial 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2)and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level.

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The Confederate Memorial Carving

Stone Mountain Park has the largest high-relief sculpture in the world, the Confederate Memorial Carving. The carving honors three Confederate heroes of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. �Stonewall� Jackson.

The entire carved surface measures three-acres, larger than a field. The carving of the three men towers 400 feet above the ground, measures 90 by 190 feet, and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain. The deepest point of the carving is at Lee�s elbow, which is 12 feet to the mountain�s
surface.

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The Bust of Ataturk

A giant bust of Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, is under construction in Buca, a suburb of the Aegean port city of Izmir, western Turkey

Note: A cow has reportedly been sent to another by its owner after it smashed a bust of Mustafa Kemal Atat�rk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, in the of a primary school in the eastern province of Malatya.

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The Matreiya Buddha

Located in the Jishi Hills 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Yongjing County, Gansu Province, Bingling Thousand Buddha Caves are cultural treasures of the Silk Road. The largest of these statues, the Matreiya Buddha, stands nearly 100 feet (27 metres) tall.

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Petra

Petra is a historic and archaeological city in the Jordanian that has rock cut architecture . Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited tourism attraction.Petra was chosen by the BBC as one of �the 40 places you have to see before you die�.
The site is featured in films such as: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

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Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan Giant Buddha is a statue of Maitreya in sitting posture. In December, 1996, the location of the Buddha was included by UNESCO on the list of the World Heritage sites. Begun in the year 713 in the Tang Dynasty, and finished in the year 803, the statue took people more than 90 years to carve. At the time of its construction was the tallest statuein the world.

During these years, thousands of workers had expended their efforts and wisdom on the project. As the biggest carved stone Buddhain the world, Leshan Giant Buddha is featured in poetry, song and story.

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Bamiyan Buddha

Bamiyan Buddha statue was carved into a cliff (modern Afghanistan), about 500 AD, at an altitude of 2500 meters (8,202 ft).

They were intentionally dynamited and destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, after the Taliban government declared that they were �idols� (which are forbidden under Sharia law)

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Horse Memorial

Located in South Dakota, this massive carving of an Oglala Lakota warrior, with his horse was started by Korczak Ziolkowski in 1948 on the Black Hills.

Still under making, this figure will be the largest carving on with 641 feet in width and 563 feet in height. The Crazy Horse Memorial mountain crew uses precision explosive engineering to carefully and safely remove and shape the rock of the mount.

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Church of St George

The Church of St George was carved entirely out of a single block of granite with its roof at ground level at the small town of Lalibela in Ethiopia and is one of the eleven rock-hewn churches.

The churches of Lalibela were not constructed � they were excavated. Each church was created by first carving out a wide trench on all four sides of the rock, then painstakingly chiseling out the interior. The largest church is 40 feet high, and the labor required to complete such a task with only hammers and chisels is astounding.

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Young Taiwanese Woman Plans to Marry Herself.

30-year-old Chen Wei-yih is set to defy Asian perception of single independent women as failures, by marrying herself, on November 6.

The young Taiwanese from Taipei has been dreaming about getting married ever since she was just a little girl. Now that she�s all grown up, she�s ready to put on the traditional white dress and veil and finally tie the knot�with herself. Like many other Asian women, Chen Wei-yih focused most of her attention on her career and hasn�t been able to find a suitable partner. While other go as far as stripping in public to find husbands, Chen decided it�s more important to first herself before she loves others, and asked her own hand in marriage.

The ceremony is set to take place on November 6, when Chen Wei-yih will put on her dress and go out for a gourmet meal with family members and 30 of her closest friends. After the , Chen and her beloved self will leave on a romantic honeymoon to Autralia.

Chen-Wei-yih to challenge social perception in such an original way has inspired many, and her wall has been assaulted with messages of encouragement and appreciation, sent mostly by young Asian women like herself.

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Ten Most Powerful People on Earth

Forbes published its list of the �Most Powerful People on � last week. The people on the list come from all walks of life. Some are heads of state, others religious figures, technology geniuses, or celebrities.

To make the list, Forbes looked at how many people a person had influence over. For heads of state, they looked at the population. For religious leaders, the size of their flock, and so on. Next, they looked at financial worth in relation to their peers. For instance, net worth for billionaires, and GDP for political figures.

Thirdly, they looked at global reach. To be on Forbes Most Powerful list, you have to be able to influence people around the globe. And lastly, they looked at use of power. What good is it being a billionaire if all your money sits in a savings account?

Based on that criteria, Forbes picked 68 people to put on their Most Powerful People on Earth list. Here are the top ten most powerful people.

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1. Hu Jintao
Age: 67
Title: President
Organization: People�s Republic of China
Hu Jintao is the political leader of 3.2 billion people, more than anyone else on the . He also has dictatorial control, and can do what he wants without worrying about the bickering of a split party system. China also recently surpassed Japan to become the second largest economy.

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2. Barack
Age: 49
Title: President
Organization: United States of America
President Obama was last year�s most powerful man, but with a devastating midterm election, Obama could find it hard to enforce his policies in the next two years.

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3. King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
Age: 86
Title: King
Organization: Saudi Arabia
Not only is Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud the king and absolute ruler of land that hosts two holiest sites in Islam. He is also in control of the �s largest crude oil reserves. Forbes estimates that he rules over one-fifth of the planets oil supply.

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4. Vladimir Putin
Age: 58
Title: Prime Minister
Organization: Russia
The Prime Minister over one-ninth of the world�s land.

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5. Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 83
Title: Pope
Organization: Roman Catholic Church
The pope rules over more than 1.1 billion souls, or one-sixth of the population.

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6. Angela Merkel
Age: 56
Title: Chancellor
Organization: Germany
The most powerful woman on the planet overseas Europe�s largest economy.

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7. David Cameron
Age: 44
Title: Prime Minister
Organization: United Kingdom

David Cameron is the youngest Prime Minister in nearly 200 years.

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8. Ben Bernake
Age: 56
Title: Chairman
Organization: Federal Reserve
The Fed�s influence is at an all-time high, and the man in charge is Ben Bernake.

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9. Sonia
Age: 63
Title: President
Organization: Indian National Congress
Ghandi has influence over 1.2 billion people in , and was just elected to her fourth term.

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10. Bill Gates
Age: 55
Title: Co-Chair
Organization: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates earned his money with Microsoft, but he earned his power by giving it away. Gates encouraged 40 of the world�s richest people to sign his �giving pledge� this year.

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Naki Sumo – Baby Crying Festival held in Japan.

No mother likes it when her toddler starts crying, but at the Naki Sumo baby crying contest wailing is actually encouraged.

Held every year, at the Sensoji Temple, in Tokyo, the baby crying festival is a 400-year-old tradition, believed to keep rug-rats in good health. Amateur sumo wrestlers hold the high in the air, and try to scare them into crying, while a sumo referee judges the match. The toddler who cries longest and loudest is considered the winner.

Japanese parents bring the babies to the contest, of their own free will, and truly believe the sumo induced crying keeps their children in good health, and wards off evil spirits. This year, 80 babies, all under one year old, participated in Naki Sumo. As you might have guessed, the whiniest contender won.

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