人生不设限·自己创造机会

即使已经建立了人生目标，拥有强大的盼望、信心、自尊、正面态度、勇气、弹性、适应力和良好的人际关系，你也不能坐等机会上门。你必须抓住每条线，编出一条可以让你攀爬的绳索。有时候，你发现掉下来的大石头虽然挡住你的路，但留下了一个洞，这个洞可以带你前往更高的地方，问题是，你必须有勇气和决心往上爬。

Even after you've built a powerful purpose and have developed huge reservoirs of hope, faith, self-esteem, positive attitudes, courage, resilience, adaptability, and good relationships, you can't just sit around and wait for a break. You have to seize upon every thread and weave a rope you can climb. Sometimes you'll even find that the boulder that fell and blocked your path left an opening that takes you to a higher place. But you have to have the courage and the determination to make the ascent.

我们“没有四肢的人生”这个组织的座右铭之一是：“总有一天，总有机会。”我们不是只把它装裱挂在墙上，还试着每天活出这句话来。心理学家兼领导学老师卡拉·芭克博士在她《赫芬顿邮报》的博客上写道：“力克让我们知道，即使面临几乎世上所有人都觉得无力的处境，还是可能利用这样的处境唤醒心灵、激励他人。力克是个英雄，在大多数人都看不到出路时，他却找到了机会。”

One of our mottos at Life Without Limbs is "Another day, another opportunity." We don't simply have our slogan framed on a wall—we try to live it every day. Dr. Cara Barker, a psychologist and leadership coach, picked up on this when she wrote in a Huffington Post blog: "Nick Vujicic demonstrates that it's possible to awaken the heart, giving inspiration to others through a situation that nearly everyone on this Earth would find debilitating. A hero, Vujicic finds opportunity where most would find a dead end."

芭克博士的溢美之词让我愧不敢当。不过小时候我就知道，如果一直为自己没有的东西生气，或是为自己做不到的事情沮丧，只会让大家对我敬而远之。但是当我开始找机会为别人服务时，大家就会被我吸引。我学会不要坐着等，而是要直起而行，自己创造机会，因为一个机会将带来另一个机会。每次去演讲、参加活动或拜访新地方，我都会遇到许多人、认识新的机构，并搜集到将来有一天会为我打开新机会的资讯。

I'm humbled by her words. Growing up, it was often difficult for me to ever imagine myself being called a hero or an inspiration to anyone. I realized as a child that being angry about what I didn't have or frustrated about what I couldn't do only pushed people away from me, but when I looked for opportunities to serve others, they were drawn to me. I've learned not to wait around but to push ahead and make my own breaks because one always seems to lead to another. Every time I give a speech, attend an event, or visit a new part of the world, I meet people, learn about new organizations, and gather information that opens new opportunities down the road.