Cassan Said Amer tells the story of a lecturer who began a seminar by holding up a twenty dollar bill and asking: Who would like this twenty-dollar bill? Several hands went up, but the lecturer said: Before I give it to you, I have to do something. He screwed it up into a ball and said: Who still wants this bill? The hands went up again. And what if I do this to it? He threw the crumpled bill at the wall, dropped it on the floor, insulted it, trampled on it, and once more showed them the bill - now all creased and dirty. He repeated the question, and the hands stayed up. Never forget this scene, he said. It doesnt matter what I do to this money. It is still a twenty-dollar bill. So often in our lives, we are crumpled, trampled, ill-treated, insulted, and yet, despite all that, WE ARE STILL WORTH THE SAME.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:34:04 +0000
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