500 rupee note

a well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a 500 rupee note. in the room of 200, he asked- who would like this note?


hands started going up. he said, " i am going to give this note to one of you, but first let me do this." he proceeded to crumple the note up. he then asked, "who still wants it?" hands were up in the air.
" well" he replied," what if i do this?" he dropped it on the table and started to grind it with his hands. he picked it up, now crumpled and dirty, "now who still wants it?"
still hands were in air.
"my friends, you have learned a very valuable lesson, no matter what i did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in the value. it still was worth rs. 500.
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 happened or what will happen, you will never loose your value.
dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. the worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE......