Holding up a $20.00 bill - 'Who would like this $20 bill?'

Hands started going up.

'I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. (Crumple up the $20 dollar bill.)

'Who still wants it?'
Again hands were raised up in the air.

'Well', 'What if I do this?'

Drop it on the ground and grind it into the floor with your shoe.

Pick it up, now crumpled and dirty.

'Now, who still wants it?'

Still the hands went up.

'My friends, 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 may 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 and WHOSE WE ARE.


Now, let's take a few minutes for our meet and greet. Shake some hands and give someone a hug!