Hi all...I started to put the following under "feeling ignored" but don't want it to get lost in the posts. It's a good thing for all of us to keep in mind; we all have those life times when we need to know we've got worth.
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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 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. adds...to those who only know you as a name and a post on this forum.>

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

You, we, 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.

WOW AND THATS A REAL MOUTHFUL ISN'T IT?

Thanks for sharing that with all of us.

Chatty, you being from Vegas probably appreciate that $20 bill story more than most . I've been to Vegas twice...once for a stock brokers convention and once for a vacuum cleaner convention.

I saw Circ du Solei and it was FABULOUS! Even if I can't spell it correctly.

I even gambled. I found a quarter on the floor and put it in one of the slot machines. Didn't win though. Never gambled before or since, unless you count a lottery ticket when it gets to around $75 million.