Measurement of True Value~

**demon chloe** · October 25th, 2002, 09:20 PM

The measurement of true value
>
>
> > A well known speaker started off a 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 the dollar 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?" 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.
> >
> >Sometimes we might 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 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.
> >
> >If you do not pass this on, you may never know the lives it
> touches, the
> >hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can bring.
> >
> >Count your blessings, not your problems.
> >
> >Never be afraid to try something new.
> >
> >Remember that amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the
> Titanic.