1.
It happened some time ago but . I was in an audience listening to a
motivational speaker. The speaker got out his wallet & pulled out a 500
Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this 500 naira note?"
Lots
of hands went up. Including mine. A slow chorus began to build as people began
to shout "Me!" "Me!" I began to wonder who the lucky one
would be who the speaker would choose. And I also secretly wondered (and I am
sure others did too ) why he would simply give away 500 naira. Even as the
shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a young woman running
down the aisle. She ran up onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and grabbed
the five 500 naira note from his hand. "Well done, young lady," said
the speaker into the microphone. The speaker simply say "Most of us just
sit and wait for good things to happen. That's of no use. You've got to make
things happen. Make a move" 'Simply thinking about doing something is of
no use and not gud enough'. Our lives are like that. We all see opportunities
around us. We all want the good things. But the problem is we don't take
action. We all want the 500 naira notes on offer. But we don't make the move.
We look at it longingly. Get up, and do something about it. Don't worry about
what other people might think.
Take
action.
2.
later, the speaker got another 500 naira note and held it up for all to see, I
thought I knew what's up. But he just asked a simple question. "How much
is this worth?" "Five Hundred naira!" the crowd yelled in
unison. "Right," said the speaker. He then took the note and crumpled
it into a ball and asked "How much is it worth now?" "Five
Hundred naira!" screamed the audience. He then threw the note on the
ground, stamped all over it and picked up the note and asked one more time:
"And how much is it worth now?" "Five Hundred naira!" was
the response. "I want you to remember this," said the speaker.
"Just because someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value of the note
does not diminish. We should all be like the 500 naira note. In our lives,
there will be times when we feel crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let
your self-worth diminish. Just because someone chooses to crush you, that
doesn't change your worth one bit!
Don't
allow your self-worth to diminish because someone says something nasty or does
something dirty to you."
Never
let your self-worth diminish.
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