Write On!!!

3.22.2006

$20.00

$20.00

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

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."
Count your blessings, not your problems.
And remember: amateurs built the ark ...
professionals built the Titanic.
If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.

courtesy of Lakrea. THANKS!!!

3 Comments:

Blogger j.c. said...

Oh, I loved that jenn. That sums it up perfectly.

Though I have come to find out in my lifetime that people that do look at your as though you are crumpled are merely trying to uncrumple their crumpledness.

3:30 AM  
Blogger Chris Streeter Davis said...

Good point Jeanne!
I love the story Jenn. :) Great point. Did you get the $20 or were you there?

8:52 AM  
Blogger Reality Chick said...

The longer I live, the more this is true.

Appearances are deceiving, and rarely are indicative to who a person really is. That's why I love to meet people who let themselves shine from the outside in..."this little light of mine...."

2:27 AM  

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