BTEC
09-16-2005, 08:09 AM
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 God.
>
>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.
>
>And remember: amateurs built the ark
>
>professionals built the Titanic.
>
>If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
>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 God.
>
>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.
>
>And remember: amateurs built the ark
>
>professionals built the Titanic.
>
>If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.