You are Special

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a  R100-00 note in the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this R100-00 note.

Hands started going up.  He said, "I am going to give this  R100-00 to one of you but first, let me do this.  He proceeded to crumple the R100-00 note up.   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  R100-00.  

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 whom we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

You are special - Don't EVER forget it.   Count your blessings, not your problems.