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 comes 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 comes not in what we do, or who we know, but, by who
we are.
