a $20 bill

Jul 02, 2004 00:17

> >A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 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 up the $20 dollar bill.
> >
> >He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
> >
> >Still the hands were up in the air.
> >
> >Well, he replied, "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, we 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 DO LOVE you.
> >
> >The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE
> >ARE.
> >
> >You are special - Don't EVER forget it."
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