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.

Beautiful!

Mach said:

thanks for posting this, Mach!

Red ,B1tch

we fall down..but we get up...

meltwithu said:

Dont cry

Thanks Mach.... I needed that.

meltwithu said:

like toy soldiers.

Sweeny79 said:

me too ... i opened it in an e-mail today

THAT was eye opening....Thanx for shareing!

Sweeny79 said:

Me too...thanks Mach

meltwithu said:

"....for a saint is just a sinner who fell down.....and got up."



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madartista said:

...or Weebles?

I did that as a children's sermon once. It was great!

Illustrator said:

no, weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.

thanks mach
needed that

madartista said:

but you can drown em in a tub!

Very touching, that was very nice.

i've read that before

I love that!!

& s for y'all

Mach

I love that so much I've emailed it to loads of my friends. Thankyou

bluesbaby said:

what the?

Mach said:

Hey!
I just realized;

$20 in currency
or $20 in coins,
the value is still $20.

So, when you break a twenty,
it's not really broken.

It's change.

Illustrator said:

did you make that up yourself?
it's good!

charlottegelin said:

Thanx.
It's the result of the same thing that has you naked right now;
inspiration.
[Edited 1/14/06 4:06am]

Illustrator said:

it is truly a divine thing

charlottegelin said:

Inspiration
or you being naked?






(I know, I know....both.)

Illustrator said:

lucky!!!

charlottegelin said:

$20 that you try to smuggle into the country by keeping it in your butt might be dirty when you take it out and nobody will be willing to accept it but theoretically it's still worth $20.

Am I good too?