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 door who we know,but by  WHO WE  ARE.You are  special-  Don't EVER forget  it."If you do not pass  this on, you may never know thelives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that  it can bring.

 

Count your blessings, not your problems.

And remember: amateurs built the ark ...professionals  built the Titanic.

 

~simply phenomenal~