[avoice]

A well-known speaker started off his seminar 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 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.

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 may bring. Count your blessings, not your problems.

[shlump]

WOW!

We should flood the forums with this!

Every person in here needs to KNOW this and be reminded again and again.

Thank you for sharing this

[Timgt5]

Thank you for posting this very inspiring and heartening thread, I needed to read that!

[Nicks_Nose]

This is a beautiful and important point to make to many people. Thank you, avoice.

[avoice]

Your all so welcome!!!!!!!

Always distinctly, uniquely, authentically...... (((((((((((((((YOU)))))))))))))))) !!

Splendid posting. Gonna copy it ..........give it to others!

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((avoice)))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Thank you is not enough.......beautiful, you are!... love you! Admire you!

I am counting the blessing that I know (((((((YOU)))))))!

(and it's okay, you can be "inside my head"!--I need you there!!!!!!!!)

xo & Pax, virago

$20 bills have no feelings. Human beings do.

(((((((((shlump)))))))), ((((((Timgt5)))), ((((((Nicks_Nose))))))

I adore this thing...bears repetition, and it bears; as you say shlump being posted on all forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

again: (this is an analogy--a great one too! and I do not feel it tells victims to "get over it")
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A well-known speaker started off his seminar 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 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.

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 may bring.

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I think...especially here on PsychCentral... we all need to know this, and NEVER FORGET IT!

Pax from a shiny new copper penny....

[avoice]

Originally Posted by unhappyguy

$20 bills have no feelings. Human beings do.

has no feelings well if i had a 20.00 bill it would make me happy and that alone has feelings.

[Vibe]

That's cute. I like it in spite of myself. *laughs* <3

[avoice]

A twenty dollar bill has value, and we have value just like a twenty dollar bill.

[Tonker]

I love this thanks for sharing

[Maven]

I think my value is more like a hundred dollar bill, just sayin'.

Ok, so can I have the $20 bill now?