A very good message to ponder ...
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 $20 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, 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 is 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."
If you do not pass this on, you may never know the
lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can
bring. Count your blessings, not your problems. Never be afraid to try
something new.
And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals
built the Titanic.
"My business is not to remake myself, but to make the
absolute best of what God made." --- Robert Browning
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