IhavehadthousandsofclassessinceIstartedschoolnineyearsago.Butonlyoneclasswasthemostimportant.
IthappenedlasttermjustafterIhadgotabadresultinanexam.Iwassadandhadlostmyconfidence.Idecidedtogotoaclasswhichcantellmehowtobesuccessful
Thespeakerwalkedintotheroom.Buthedidnotstarttalking like ateacher.Instead,heheldupatwentyyuannote(钞票)!
"Whowantsthis?"heasked.Unsurprisingly, allofusintheclassheldupourhands.
Thespeakersmiled.Thenheputupthenoteontheblackboardandaskedthesamequestion.Again,weallputupourhands.Thespeakersmiledagain,but saidnothing.Suddenly,hethrewthenoteontothefloor! Thenheaskedthesamequestion athirdtime.
Ididn't understandwhatthespeakerwasdoing.Whywasheaskingthesamequestionagainandagain?Ididn'tknowwhattodo.Iwantedthenote,soIputmyhandupagain.Afterawhile,hepickedup thenoteandstartedtolaugh."Youhavealljusttoldmehowtobecomesuccessful,"He saidtouswiththenoteinhishand.
"Thenoteisworthtwentyyuan.Itis alwaysworthtwentyyuan,eventhoughIthrowitonthefloor.Youarelikethenote.Nomatter what happenstoyou,youstillhaveyourworth."
WhenIheardthosewords,Iwasdeeplymoved.Suddenly,I realizedIwasworthalot.Imayhavedoneinanexam,butitdoesn't meanIcan'tdowellinthefuture.IfIbelieveinmyself,Iwillbesuccessful!
在一次讨论会上，一位著名的演说家没讲一句开场白，手里却高举着一张20美元的钞票。
面对会议室里的200个人，他问：“谁要这20美元？”一只只手举了起来。他接着说：“我打算把这20美元送给你们中的一位，但在这之前，请准许我做一件事。”他说着将钞票揉成一团，然后问：“谁还要？”仍有人举起手来。
他又说：“那么，假如我这样做又会怎么样呢？”他把钞票扔到地上，又踏上一只脚，并且用脚碾它。尔后他拾起钞票，钞票已变得又脏又皱。
“现在谁还要？”还是有人举起手来。
“朋友们，你们已经上了一堂很有意义的课。无论我如何对待那张钞票，你们还是想要它，因为它并没贬值，它依旧值20美元。人生路上，我们会无数次被自己的决定或碰到的逆境击倒、欺凌甚至碾得粉身碎骨。我们觉得自己似乎一文不值。但无论发生什么，或将要发生什么，在上帝的眼中，你们永远不会丧失价值。在他看来，肮脏或洁净，衣着齐整或不齐整，你们依然是无价之宝。