I'm Mark.
I like Ice Cream and Swords.
I play tennis, guitar, and I do a bunch of stuff.
These tags will guide you through my tumblr. You'll need them to find what you want. Just copy paste the tag and put it in the URL thingy.

For the curious of mind: /philosophy+rant
For those who want wise words not from me: /Quotes
For those who want my music: /Original_Songs
For everything else: /Everything_Else

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

7th February 2012

Photo reblogged from Just your average awkward turtle. with 35,351 notes

A well-known speaker started off his seminar 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 may 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 that. For at the sight of a torn dollar, we always attempt to tape it back together again. So let us do the same for people.

A well-known speaker started off his seminar 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 may 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 that.

For at the sight of a torn dollar, we always attempt to tape it back together again. So let us do the same for people.

Source: xvax-stephen

  1. going-to-the-burrow reblogged this from portmanteauverload
  2. shoejunkie reblogged this from portmanteauverload
  3. callmeirresponsible23 reblogged this from the-starring-role
  4. portmanteauverload reblogged this from nerdfighterninja
  5. whatweputbehind reblogged this from reginawkward
  6. reginawkward reblogged this from landofhopefulsmiles
  7. landofhopefulsmiles reblogged this from the-starring-role
  8. honestlydeceitful reblogged this from the-starring-role
  9. heartonherhand reblogged this from the-starring-role
  10. summer-hazed reblogged this from the-starring-role
  11. iunderstandyourpointe reblogged this from the-starring-role
  12. the-starring-role reblogged this from markpinoi
  13. ceeboss reblogged this from clarkmothafuckinkent