$20.00

Sometimes we just need to be
reminded!
 
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 do or who we know,

but by WHO WE ARE and
WHOSE 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.

"And remember:
amateurs built the ark...

professionals
built the Titanic.