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Who We Are
During my Training Sessions with students of Fashion Design, in Cummins Girls College at Pune, the girls were of varied backgrounds. Some came from affluent families with stomping public school or convent school backgrounds, some from rural areas and government pathshalas. I found that the latter were quite intimidated by the flashy English speaking crowd. It was very difficult to motivate and upgrade their self esteem. So finally I narrated a story.
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a 100 Rupee note . In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this 100 Rupee note?" Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this 100 Rupee note to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple up the 100 Rupee note. 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", he said, "No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth a hundred Rupees.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt sometimes by the decisions we make and often times by 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.... and especially to those who love you.
He said, "I am going to give this 100 Rupee note to one of you but first, let me do this." He proceeded to crumple up the 100 Rupee note. 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", he said, "No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth a hundred Rupees.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt sometimes by the decisions we make and often times by 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.... and especially to those who love you.
After all each of us is a diamond “UNIQUE”, there can be no other the same as each of us. It’s a matter of time and how we cut and polish it for it to sparkle in all its glory.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE.
Ajay
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