A 20$ Bill

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."

Remember that amateurs built the ark.
Professionals built the Titanic .