here... you can have it

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."