A Gold Box of Kissses
Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>
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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 gold box was empty.
Annoyed, he said to his daughter,
"Don't you know that when you give
someone a present, there's
suppose to be something inside the box?
A box isn't a present!"
The little girl looked up at him
with tears in her eyes and said,
"But Daddy, it's 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 the
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.