A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 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 the dollar bill 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 all crumpled and dirty. "Now who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.
"My friends, you 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.
You are special - Don't ever forget it!
"Never let yesterday's disappointments overshadow tomorrow's dreams" 

P.S. Please pass this to everyone in you know.  You will never know the lives it touches, the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the Hope that it can bring!