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 and WHOSE WE ARE.
You are
special- Don't EVER forget it."
Count your blessings, not your problems.
"And
remember: Amateurs built the ark. professionals built the Titanic
.