$20

An ex-teacher of mine emailed this to me. I found it very true.

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20?". Hands started going up. He said, "I'm 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. He replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoes. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hnads went into the air.

No matter what was done to the money, people still want 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 as are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, we will never lose our value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, we are still priceless to those who love is.

Happy New Year! May all of you have a wonderful year ahead.