尼克胡哲演讲稿

周江龙2011级2班2011444182
英文演讲初稿
原著：尼克胡哲
I have no arms and no legs, but I’m very thankful that I have my little chicken drumstick. There were times when I sort of looked at my life, and thinking “I can’t do this?” or “I can’t do that?”, and you keep on concentrating on the things that you wish you had or the things you wish you didn’t have. And you sort o f forget what you do have. T here’s no point, I believe in my life where I wish I had arms and legs, I wish I had arms and legs… because wishing wouldn’t help. What I’ve seen in life are just a couple key principles. And the first thing I’ve seem is to be thankful. It’s hard to be thankful when I was 8 years old, I sort of summed up my life and thought: I’m never going to get married. I’m not going to have a job. I’m not going to have a life of purpose. What kind of husband am I going to be if I can’t even hold my wife’s hands?
I t’s a lie to think that you’re not good enough; i t’s a lie to think that you’re not worth anything. I love life, you kn ow so many people come and say “how come you smile so much?”And I’m like “W ell, it’s a long story, but it’s very simple at the same time.” Y ou see, it’s very hard to smile sometimes in life. There are things that happen that you don’t know, and you don’t understand, and you don’t know if you are going to get through it. Y ou know you go through your storms in life, and you don’t know how long the storm’s going to be. And today, I want to share with
you some principles that I’ve learnt in my life that you can use in your s. Being patient is a beautiful art. I tell you it’s the hardest thing. But I realize I may not have hands to hold my wife’s hand. But when the time comes, I’ll be able to hold her heart. I don’t need hands to hold her heart.
Life is life. Life is an interesting journey of ups and downs. But how that journey ends, is up to you today. Y ou see when you fall down, you feel like giving up. When times get tough, it’s not the end. The question is “Are you going to finish strong?” The definition of a disability i s something that will hinder you from being able to do something. I think, though, the greatest disability is not having no arms and no legs. The greatest disability is your mind, the choices that you make. The question is: are you going to make the right choices? Are you going to make the choice, to have your life in its right perspective? Are you going to make the choice, to get up instead of give up? Are you going to make the choice, to dream big? There is no greater disability that we have in our life than to make the decision to give up. Because once you give up, then there is no hope. But until you give up, there is that hope.
My passion is to encourage people, to inspire people to be all that they can be. I found my purpose, I found my strength, and I want you to find yours. Don’t be afraid of failing, every time you fall down, every time you fail, you learn something new. Y ou’re ready for the next one, you’ve learned how not to do something, well then, learn from it and
move on! Leave what’s behind a nd press forward. Y ou can only win, if you don’t give up. Go for it. D on’t let anything hold you back! If nothing is holding me back, what’s holding you back?
No goal is too big; no dream is too far fetched. It’s as big as you can dream it. There’re times in life, when you don’t see the purpose or the good in your situation. But just because you can’t see it, it doesn’t mean it’s not coming. Who goes to the train station, looks down the railway, and says” The train’s not here. I’m leaving?” Y ou will wait for train! Why? Because the schedule says that the train is coming. So just because you can’t see the hope in your situation, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Y ou see many people think that I have only one foot, just because you can’t see the other one. I’ve gone from a life without limbs, into a life without limits. What about you?。