不管过去发生了什么，将来将会发生什么，你永远都不会失去你的价值。你是独一无二的，请永远记住它！

A well known speaker started off his seminar（讲座，研讨会） by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200（在一个有200人的房间里）, 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 （开始）to crumple（弄皱） the dollar bill up.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air（手依然举在空中）.

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground（把它扔在地上） and started to grind （碾压）it into the floor with his shoe.

He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty（脏兮兮皱巴巴）. "Now who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable（有价值的） lesson. No matter（不管） what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value（贬值）. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground（grind的过去分词形式） into the dirt（泥土，灰尘）by the decisions we make and the circumstances（周围环境） that come our way.

We feel as though（仿佛，好像） 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!