priceless

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20
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 the dollar 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?" And he dropped it on
the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe
crumpled and dirty.

"Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

"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 $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 should
never lose your value in your own eyes. Dirty or clean, crumpled
or finely creased, you are still priceless.