08 January, 2004 - 9:57 a.m.
Yesterday was court. Court is yucky no matter the out come.....
The Domestic Violence Restraining Order continues to hold in full effect.
Regardless of that fact, I am giving 12th Night to Forgal. My holiday gift to him. This means that I will not be there. I am sorry I will miss seeing so many of my friends BUT he is in town and I know he wants to see people. I think he needs to be with friends. Perhaps I'll see y'all at Ymir.
Ya'know, most of our friends have been great through this and are valiantly trying not to get caught in the middle. Valeria herself is managing it as well.... I believe she is fine with the marriage being over, she just wishes all the ugliness would stop. (Me too!)
Speaking of her darling self - She is engaged now. Supposed to be a long engagement. We'll see. She is very happy and Drey, her fiance, adores her and makes her very happy.
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Please read this and take it to heart. Don't let the words just go over your head.
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by 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 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 it."
May this concept touch your life, heal your hurt, lift your heart and bring you hope.
Count your blessings, not your problems.
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