Sharni
01-25-2004, 05:37 PM
I seen this at CC message board and thought y'all might like to read it....i thought it was brilliant
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 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.
You are special - Don't EVER forget it."
Pass this on to those you feel would get meaning from it
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 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.
You are special - Don't EVER forget it."
Pass this on to those you feel would get meaning from it