Are you worth it?

Having spent a year with someone who ground me into the dirt and made me
think that I was of no value to anyone, I can appreciate the story.

I always knew that she was wrong, but knowing something intellectually and
feeling it in your heart are two different things. And thus, I appreciate
that.

"CarbAddict" wrote in message
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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
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."