Who Would Like This Twenty-Dollar Bill?

Another inspiring short story i found in Paulo Coelho's book...

This is a story of a lecturer who began a seminar by holding up a twenty-dollar bill...

He holds up a twenty-dollar bill and start asking: 'Who would like this twenty-dollar bill?'

Several hands went up, but the lecturer said: 'Before i give it tou 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 doesn't 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.'