The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3 year-old daughter
for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became
infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the
Christmas
tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next
morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." He was embarrassed by his
earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box
was
empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a
present, there's supposed to be something inside it?" The little girl
looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it isn't
empty. I blew kisses into the box. All for you, Daddy." The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he
begged for her forgiveness. It is told that the man kept that gold box by
his bed for years and whenever he was
discouraged, he would 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 humans have been given a gold
container
filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, friends,
family
or God. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
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