Your Value... a fixed rate!

Your Value... a fixed rate! 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. He picked it up, now all 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. My Message 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. Sometimes we feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never ever lose your value. You are special - Just like your fingerprint is unique, you are a unique person with a special purpose. No one is born to do the things you were born to do and only you can achieve it. In order to reach your destination you may fall or lose hope along the journey, but never will you lose your value, you will always grow stronger and by remembering this you will rise to unimaginable heights. Sadly we often refer to the human race as a contest and focus on who is winning and who is falling behind. Who is rich and who is poor, who is strong and who is week, but perhaps the race also is not just about winning or being powerful, but rather who shows up to run it, the type of race they run and the amount of effort they put into it. Many times, the victor is the person who makes the race their own and that is the person who knows with clarity that no matter what challenges they go through, they will never lose their value. May you have a super awesome week. Darren Zwiers The Quote: “Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” - M. Scott Peck