Fw: $20 bill

[Guest guest]

A WELL-KNOWN SPEAKER STARTED OFF HIS SEMINAR BY HOLDING UP A $20 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 TO ONE OF YOU, BUT FIRST, LET ME DO THIS.

HE PROCEEDED TO CRUMPLE THE

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? 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 HANDS WENT INTO

THE AIR.

MY FRIENDS, YOU ALL HAVE 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

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 FINELY 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!!

PASS THIS ON TO THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT, EVEN THE ONE WHO SENT IT TO YOU. YOU

WILL NEVER KNOW THE LIVES IT

TOUCHES THE HURTING HEARTS IT SPEAKS TO, OR THE HOPE THAT IT CAN BRING.

ALWAYS COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR PROBLEMS