The Hundred Dollar Bill

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Old 04-01-2011, 09:26 PM
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The 100 Dollar Bill
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A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a
$100 bill in a room of 200 people, and asked,

"Who would like this $100 bill?"

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you,
but first let me do this...."

He proceeded to crumple the $100 up.

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?" he asked. Hands still shot up!

"My friends, you 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 $100."

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 never lose your value!

Dirty....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.
Count your blessings..................NOT your problems.


~Author Unknown~
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What a nice reminder of our worth!
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Beautiful.... Thanks!
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That's great to remember!
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That's great to remember!
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Thank you for the reminder of our worth when some days are difficult.
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I have read this before but thanks for the reminder. I had it saved on my old computer before the fire.
very glad to save it again for future reference
thank you
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Wonderful post. Thank you! :D
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Beautiful!! We all have great worth!
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