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 is not
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 and God.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
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