$20.00

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Subject: $20

Sometimes we just need to be reminded! 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. "

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 .