Touched by a...well not exactly an angel

Today this man came to our school, his names is Nick Vujicic. The awe inspiring man with no limbs.
Our Religion teacher spoke non stop about him and after watching a little bit about him i decided that i would go to the hall at lunch and see him speak. I am not a highly religious person, though i would desperately like to believe that there is someone out there watching over us.
When he first got up, he joked around and he was really funny. He looked like he didn't have a care in the world. Then when he spoke for the first time about his lack of limbs, he looked confident yet i still felt he had this lurking sadness underneath it all.
He began to tell us about how he would be taunted and teased relentlessly and all it took was one person to tell him how nice he was and he started to feel better.
He went on to say how we are our own people, that we shouldn't care about what other people say and that we must never discourage someone because you are taking someones courage away, you are taking away their strength to live.
He spoke about how we should never tease becuase we don't know what is going on in that persons life and we might be the last person to push them over the edge. We can choose to become a killer or a saver.
We are loved, we are beautiful and we don't need the sex, the alcohol, the money, the drugs and the posers to help us get ride of our pains and weaknesses because none of that will heal a broken heart. We don't need a boyfriend for us to be strong. If someone truly loves you, they will always wait for you.
Tears just slid down my cheeks as i was filled with all this really strong emotion.
I got up at the end i hugged him so hard, i told him how greatful i was. He looked at me and told me he loved me. I started to cry again and he just let me hug him again. Then i ran.

And i have been thinking. All this time i look up to people like the amazing Mel Gibson and Taylor Swift. yes, they were both amazing, but were they amazing people. I don't know.
This man who gets by everyday and insists on saving people and letting young people like myself know that we will be ok and that when we fall the only thing we can do is to get back up and take things one step at a time.
He is the ideal role of a leader, of a true role model.