The $20 Lesson

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 $20 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?" 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, you 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 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."
Count Your Blessings, not your problems.   --submitted by Toni

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