Somebody sent me this and I was reminded of you all. Read and remember XX
$20.00
Sometimes we just need to be reminded!
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."