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At 11:57 AM 2000/06/23 -0400, camilla wrote: >This is from a friend on another list -- something to remember -- > >******* >Subject: a $20.00 bill > >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 $20 to one >of you but first, let me do this". > >He proceeded to crumple the dollar 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?". 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, 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 $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 love you". > >The worth of our lives come 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. yes!! jp janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada visit my website "a new voice" at: "http://www.geocities.com/janet313/"