annsullivan's Journal

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 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.

You are special

-

Don't EVER forget it."

If you do not pass

this on, you may never know the

lives it touches, the

hurting hearts it speaks to,

or the hope that it

can bring.

Count your blessings,

not your problems.

"And remember:

amateurs built the ark ..

professionals built the Titanic.

If God brings you to

it - He will bring you through it.