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A food for thought folks. Stay cool in this terribly hot weather.   

-John

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Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:08 AM
To: Brewah, John; [log in to unmask]
Subject: FW: !!!!

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. You are special- Don't EVER forget it." If you do not pass
this on, you may never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it
speaks to, or the hope that it can bring. Count your blessings, not your
problems. And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals built
the Titanic. If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
Pass this message to people you know except you and me. You will receive
a
miracle tomorrow 

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