Amos Stevens
New Member
> 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
----------------------------------------------------
Some people understand life better,
> And they call some of these people "retarded or
> mentally challenged "... At the Seattle Special
> Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or
> mentally
> disabled, assembled at
> the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun,
> they all started out,
> not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the
> race to the finish and win.
> All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on
> the asphalt, tumbled over a
> couple of times, and began to cry.
>
> The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down
> and looked back. Then
> they all turned around and went back......every one
> of
> them. One girl with
> Down's Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said,
> "This will make it
> better." Then all nine linked arms and walked
> together
> to the finish line.
> Everyone in the stadium stood, the cheering went on
> for several minutes.
>
> People who were there are still telling the story...
> Why?
> Because deep down we know this one thing: What
> matters
> in this life is more
> than winning for ourselves. What matters in this
> life
> is helping others win,
> even if it means slowing down and changing our
> course.
>
>
> 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
----------------------------------------------------
Some people understand life better,
> And they call some of these people "retarded or
> mentally challenged "... At the Seattle Special
> Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or
> mentally
> disabled, assembled at
> the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun,
> they all started out,
> not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the
> race to the finish and win.
> All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on
> the asphalt, tumbled over a
> couple of times, and began to cry.
>
> The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down
> and looked back. Then
> they all turned around and went back......every one
> of
> them. One girl with
> Down's Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said,
> "This will make it
> better." Then all nine linked arms and walked
> together
> to the finish line.
> Everyone in the stadium stood, the cheering went on
> for several minutes.
>
> People who were there are still telling the story...
> Why?
> Because deep down we know this one thing: What
> matters
> in this life is more
> than winning for ourselves. What matters in this
> life
> is helping others win,
> even if it means slowing down and changing our
> course.
>