A friend of mine sent this to me, thought is good to share w my
friends......
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 whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE. - Don't EVER
forget it."