$20.00

[Big Dan]

$20.00


Sometimes we just need to be reminded!

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by 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 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 and WHOSE WE ARE.

You are special
-
Don't EVER forget it."

Count your blessings, not your problems.

"And remember: amateurs built the ark . professionals built the Titanic.

[merv]

Beautiful :niceone:.

Damn my broadband is slow tonight now my son is back from Brisbane using up the bandwidth.

[jafar]

Very well said :clap:

[Laava]

:cry::cry::cry::cry:

[kevfromcoro]

Very good post Dan...cheers............

[deanohit]

Too bloody right Big Dan, real good one.

[Storm]

Thats good stuff. Keep up the fine work

[westie]

I dont get the arc thing

But great story:niceone:

[Northpoint]

Oh man I read the title and thought you were giving away $20 :crybaby:

[Big Dan]

Oh man I read the title and thought you were giving away $20 :crybaby:

wishful thinking

[darkwolf]

$20.00
"And remember: amateurs built the ark . professionals built the Titanic.

That's brilliant. Also...

Can I have the $20?

[TOTO]

I don't know why but I actually was reading the stuff and could hear a guy with an indian accent(i'm not indian), I can swear that I was hearing what I was reading in my mind in indian accent. Weird.

Cool anyway. Inspired me.

[Bren]

"And remember: amateurs built the ark . professionals built the Titanic.


I would never consider Noah as an amatuer....after all did the builders of Titanic talk to God?

The Ark ended up on a Mountain in Turkey, which was referred in the bible as Ararat, whereas Titanic is 12,600 ft under the briney...

Click here for more details about the Ark (http://www.arkdiscovery.com/noah's_ark.htm)

[Maha]

I would never consider Noah as an amatuer....after all did the builders of Titanic talk to God?

The Ark ended up on a Mountain in Turkey, which was referred in the bible as Ararat, whereas Titanic is 12,600 ft under the briney...

Click here for more details about the Ark (http://www.arkdiscovery.com/noah's_ark.htm)


Truth be known it was probably built on that Mountain and thats were it stayed....yeah good one Noah!.....:niceone:

[Dave-]

pfft, I'm worth more than $20

[Curious_AJ]

hmm insiteful... (spp?)

whatever the spelling... very interesting..

[Bren]

Truth be known it was probably built on that Mountain and thats were it stayed....yeah good one Noah!.....:niceone:

Considering that Noah lived in ?Egypt?, well somewhere in Nth Africa I would find it hard to believe that he built his boat in Turkey!

[Maha]

Considering that Noah lived in ?Egypt?, well somewhere in Nth Africa I would find it hard to believe that he built his boat in Turkey!


He must have on his big OE......

[Curious_AJ]

middle east actually.. not north africa... lol...

[Bren]

okay....is egypt middle east??? or north africa....its both! you are being pedantic there

[Kendog]

The Arc vs the Titanic, brilliant

[RiderInBlack]

Well after the last week and a half I've just had, at least I am still worth $20. Not sure how I'm supposed ta take that:scratch:

[imdying]

What a crock of shite.... of course a person can be devalued... the only reason the $20 bill holds its value is through external forces. If he said 'And here I devalue the currency by 2000%, who still wants the $20 bill?' you'd see a lot less hands to up... Everyone likes a feel good story, but it helps if they make sense.

[Finn]

Walk up on stage, rip it in half and see what the prick has to say about that.

[Katman]

What a crock of shite.... of course a person can be devalued... the only reason the $20 bill holds its value is through external forces. If he said 'And here I devalue the currency by 2000%, who still wants the $20 bill?' you'd see a lot less hands to up... Everyone likes a feel good story, but it helps if they make sense.

Thank fuck I'm not the only one who almost brought up their breakfast.:msn-wink:

[Curious_AJ]

okay....is egypt middle east??? or north africa....its both! you are being pedantic there

noah was in like israel or something.... not egypt :p

but technically Egypt is more North Africa than Middle East...

but Israel is DEFINATELY middle east...

[Marmoot]

"And remember: amateurs built the ark . professionals built the Titanic.

The ark survived a world catastrophe . The Titanic succumbed to its own disaster

It's similar to how Linux crash way less often than Microsoft Windows.

[Finn]

The ark survived a world catastrophe . The Titanic succumbed to its own disaster

Surely you don't believe that old fairy tail?

[darkwolf]

It's similar to how Linux crash way less often than Microsoft Windows.

That's if you can get said linux to run... :)

[Marmoot]

Surely you don't believe that old fairy tail?

old fairy has a tail?

[PuppetMaster]

What a crock of shite....


Fine-a-fuckin-lee.....theres some truely inspirational words right there.

[imdying]

I rest my case (http://www.stuff.co.nz/4284780a11.html). The life of Abdirazak Yussuf Mussa has no value, I would gladly pull the trigger.

[imdying]

In fact no, he's in negative value... he should be that girls slave for life from henceforth. Then his life would indeed have some value... as much as she was able to trade/sell him for :yes:

[Marmoot]

2 years on and im still lost on who actually got the $20?

[onearmedbandit]

I know I didn't. But good thread dredge regardless.

[Tank]

The guy kept the $20.

That means he was a liar. At the start of his talk they all thought he was a good guy. So, by becoming a liar he reduced his 'value' as an individual. Which made his entire speech bullshit - so the crowd killed him.

[Okey Dokey]

Glad someone dredged this up. I haven't seen it before. Nice uplifting thought. Bling sent to OP before i saw how old this was! Oh well.

[Fatt Max]

Brilliant, love it,

Thanks for sharing

[Str8 Jacket]

Is a tinnie still worth $20 these day's?

[peasea]

The guy kept the $20.

That means he was a liar.

As it happens...I know someone else who is a liar. How weird is that?

[toycollector10]

I saw some good old fashioned graffiti the other day. It read:

"The things you need in life to make you happy aren't things"

I thought it was pretty good but my bikes make me pretty happy and contented with life ....

[Skyryder]

pfft, I'm worth more than $20

I remember reading years ago the total value of our body was about 3/6d

Skyryder

[EJK]

Awesome! Where did you get that???????