Several years 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
used the gold paper 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 even more when he found the box was empty. He spoke to her in a very 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 on his knees and put his arms around his little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger. A short time later, the child was killed in an accident. It’s been said that her 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 the 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 gift anyone could hold.
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