Value Yourself:
Magnet January 16th, 2006
A Well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $500/-
note. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this 500 note?”.
Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this note to one
of you but first let me do this”. He proceeded to crumple the note
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 all crumpled and dirty. “Now who still wants it?”
Still the hands went into the air. “My friends, you 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 $
500/-.
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. You are special Don’t ever forget it! Never let
yesterday’s disappointments overshadow tomorrow’s dreams.