Something All Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Need To remember

This is a story I received a few times over the last several days. Just in case you haven't seen it yet I wanted to share. I think most survivors of child abuse (emotional, physical and sexual abuse) will find this uplifting. I think the message is very important.

Sometimes we just need to be reminded!
In the room filled with more then 200 people, a well-known speaker started off a seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill, asking, "Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up.

The speaker 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 and asked, "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

The speaker stated: 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 LOVE you.