You are Priceless to Those Who Love You

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YOU ARE PRICELESS TO THOSE WHO LOVE YOU

 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 up the $20 bill. He asked, 

“Who still wants it?”

 Still hands were up in the air. 

“Well, what if I do this?” 
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 and asked, 

“Who still wants it?” 

Still hands went up into the air. My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what was done to the money, it was still wanted 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 may feel as though we are worthless. 

But no matter what has happened or will happen, you will never lose your value: dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you.

A Hole in The Fence

 

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A HOLE IN THE FENCE

 There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

 Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The day passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. 

He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends and loved ones are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their hearts to us. Water your relationships with kindness… and they will grow. So be careful little lips what you say…! And you won't chase friendships away."