Bob Brunner sends us this...

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this to one of you, but first let me do this." He proceeded to crumple the bill up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" 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 this $20 bill?"

Still hands went into the air.

"My friends, you all have 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 twenty dollars. 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 that 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 and don't ever forget it!

Pass this on to those you care about. You will never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can bring. Always count your blessing, not your problems.