A $20 Bill
A well known speaker started off
his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. He
asked his audience "Who would like this $20
bill?" Hands started going up!
He
said, "I am going to give this to one of you,
but first, let me do this." The speaker
then proceeded to crumple the
bill. He then asked, "Who still wants
it?" The hands went up in the
air!
He then replied, "What if I do this?",
and he dropped the bill to the floor and started
grinding it with his shoe. Now the bill
was crumpled and dirty. Who still wants
it?" he asked. Hands went in the
air.
Smoothing out the bill, the speaker
said: "My friends, you all have learned a
very valuable lesson just now. No matter
what I did to the money, you still wanted it,
because it did not decrease in value. It
is still worth Twenty Dollars.
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 that we are worthless,
but...no matter what has happened or what will
happen, you will NEVER lose your value.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or creased, you are
still priceless to those who love
you.
The worth of our lives come not in
what we do, or who we know, but by who we
are. You are special. Don't ever
forget it.
Gary &
Bonnie McClure's Home
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