I don't know who wrote this, but I love it!
A
well-known speaker started off his seminar 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 may 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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