The worth of a $20 bill

 

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A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. He said, “I’m going to give this $20 bill to one of you, but first let me do this.”  He proceeded to crumple up the $20 bill.  He then asked, “Who will still want it?”  Still the hands were lifted 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 up and dirty.  “Now who will still want it?”  Still the hands went up in 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 is 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 still 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.