A well-known speaker
started off his seminar
by holding up a $20
bill. In the room of
200, he asked, "Who
would like this $20
bill?" Hands started
going up. He said, "I am
going to give this $20
to one of you, but
first, let me do this."
He proceeded to crumple
the dollar bill up. He
then asked, "Who still
wants it?" Still, the
hands were up in the
air." "Well," he
continued, "what if I do
this?" And he dropped it
on the ground and
started to grind it into
the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now
crumpled and dirty.
"Now, who still wants
it?" Still the hands
went into the air.
"My friends, you have
all learned a very
valuable lesson. No
matter what I did to the
money, you still wanted
it because it did not
decrease in value. It
was still worth $20."
"Many times in our
lives, we are
dropped,crumpled, and
ground into the dirt by
the decisions we make
and the circumstances
that come our way."
"We feel as though we
are worthless. But no
matter what has happened
or what will happen, you
will never lose your
value: dirty or clean,
crumpled or finely
creased, you are still
priceless to those who
love you."
"The worth of our lives
comes not in what we do
or who we know, but in
WHO WE ARE. You are
special. Don't ever
forget it."
Please pass this on to
anyone in your e-mail
address book. You will
never know the lives it
touches, the hurting
hearts it speaks to, or
the hope that it can
bring. Count your
blessings, not your
problems.