The $20 Bill

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.
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.
If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after
others have let go."