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 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 love you. The
worth of our lives comes not in what we do or
whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE.