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 the dollar bill up. 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 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. |