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 bill. Hands started
going up. He said,I am going to give this to one
of you, but first, let me do this, he proceeded to
crumple the 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, 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 hands went into the
air,
My friends, you all have 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 dollars. 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 that 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! Pass this feeling on to those you care
about. You will never know the lives it touches,
the hurting heart it speaks to or the hope that it
can bring.
Always count your blessings, not your problems.
CRITTER'S FIBROMYALGIA CENTER