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----- Original Message -----
From: Lois J Wattis
To: Laraine Hood ; Lesley Kuliukas
; Mary
Murphy ; Linda
Tully ; Susanjane Morrison ; Amy
Sznicer ; Jackie Mawson ; Dean
Wattis ; Denise Timmerye ; joanne
fisher ; Denise Hynd ; Wattis,
John
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 3:24 PM
Subject: Pearls of Wisdom $20 Dollar Bill 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", he
said, "We have all learned a very valuable lesson here. 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. Never be
afraid to try something new. And remember, amateurs built the ark... professionals built the
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