Post by kanyon on Mar 31, 2006 15:33:52 GMT -5
I posted this on the old board and found it again this morning..
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by
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> holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked,
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> "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."
>
>
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."
>
>
