The SPAM Files

Spam is a semi-meat product that many people like cooked and some eat right out of the can. However, many can't stand it. So if you're one of those people who have never tasted it, you have no basis from which to comment.

Nowadays, spam is something you get in your inbox regularly. It's in our email diet. It's a mixture of half baked stories and rumors. It looks like kind of like the real thing, but you just aren't sure. All that to say, I received this in a spam email, but it was so powerful and positive that I think it fixed some deep things inside of me. I hope it does the same for you.


FROM THE SPAM FILES

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."

Sometimes spam is good!