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 & 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 & said, “This is for you, daddy”.
The man was embarrassed his earlier overreaction but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present there is supposed to be something inside?”
The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes & cried, ”Oh! Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you”.
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl & begged for her forgiveness.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is said that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years & whenever he was discouraged , he would take out an imaginary kiss & remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each & every one of us as human beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love & kisses…from our children family members, friends & God. There is simply no other possession anyone could hold, more precious than this.
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