Author Unknown
The story goes that some time ago, a man
punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of
Expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became
even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to
decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her
father the next morning and said, "This is for you,
Daddy."
The father was embarrassed by his earlier
overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box
was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner.
"Don't you know, young lady, when you
give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside
the package?" The little girl looked up at him with tears
in her eyes and said, "Oh!, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew
kisses into it until it was full." The father was
crushed.
He fell to his knees and put his arms around his little girl,
and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.
An unfortunate accident took the life of the child only a
short time later and it is told that the father kept that gold
box by his bed for all the years of his life. And whenever he
was discouraged or faced difficult problems, he would open the
box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of
the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been
given a golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses
from our children, family, friends, and God. There is no more
precious possession anyone can hold.
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