[Speaker Nick Vujicic]
“ He said ‘ you should be a speaker.'
You know what I said, ‘ you're crazy!'
He said, ‘ No really, you need to be a speaker.'
I said, ‘ stop it me.'
Four months later he twisted my arm and I said yes.
I spoke in from of 10 people, then another 10, then another 10,
Then I found myself in front of 300 soph*more students.
And three minutes into my speech, half the girls were crying.
And one girl in the middle of the room started weeping.
And she put up her hand and said ‘ I'm so sorry,
can I come up there and give you a hug.'
And if front of everybody, she came up and she hugged me
And she cried on my shoulder and she whispered in this ear,
‘ Thank you, thank you, thank you,
No one's ever told me they loved me,
No one's ever told me I'm beautiful the way I am.'
It was because my parents told me that I was beautiful,
That's why I'm still here.
Some of you don't have those parents,
And that's why I'm here.
I love you and you're beautiful just the way you are.
Never ever give up.
How many schools do you think that I spoke to actually stopped bulling altogether?
Whoever said one, you were correct.
One school out of 600,
I got a letter from the headmaster.
And he said,
‘ Nick you forever changed our school… we haven't seen any bullies pick on anybody for 8 months straight. We don't know what happened, but in the best words I can describe, there is just a new thought in the air that it just ain't cool anymore.
It just ain't cool.'
I wanna ask you,
what are you gonna do?
Are you going to continue on?
At the risk of knowing that in each section;
This section right here;
Five people have already tried to commit suicide.
That section there; five people.
When you extrapolate it out,
What if the person you're teasing is one of those?
And you have no idea.
Would you fine something else to do?
So.
The change is up to you,
If you want to see more love in your school, be love.
If 50% of the school comes together and says,
You know what it just ain't cool anymore.
The people who think it's still cool,
Every time they look down upon you,
I want you to look up,
I want you to imagine my face lookin at you.
Because I'm telling you,
everyone you are teasing is my brother and my sister.
And you're my brother and you're my sister.
And I'm asking you to stop.
Love yourself a bit more,
And love each other a lot more.”