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A WELL-KNOWN SPEAKER STARTED OFF HIS SEMINAR BY HOLDING UP A $20 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 TO ONE OF YOU, BUT FIRST, LET ME DO THIS. HE PROCEEDED TO CRUMPLE THE 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? 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 HANDS WENT INTO THE AIR. MY FRIENDS, YOU ALL HAVE 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 DOLLARS. 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 THAT 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 COME NOT IN WHAT WE DO, OR WHO WE
KNOW, BUT, BY WHO WE ARE. YOU ARE SPECIAL, DON'T EVER FORGET IT!! PASS THIS ON TO THOSE
YOU CARE ABOUT, EVEN THE ONE WHO SENT IT TO YOU. YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THE LIVES IT TOUCHES,
THE HURTING HEARTS IT SPEAKS TO, OR THE HOPE THAT IT CAN BRING. ALWAYS COUNT YOUR
BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR PROBLEMS.