We can’t lose our innate goodness and true value

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 $20.00 bill?” Hands started going up. He said “I am going to give this $20.00 bill to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple up the $20.00 bill. He then asked “Who still wants it?” Still 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 in 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 the value. It was still worth $20.00. 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 tho we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never loose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE. YOU ARE SPECIAL- Don’t EVER forget it“.

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