Box Of Kisses
The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold paper. Money was tight and he becem infruiated when the child tried to decorate a box to put uder 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 overeaction, 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 suppose 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 that box. All for you." the father was crushed. He put his arms around his littl girl, and he asked for her firgiveness. 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 a 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 out children, friends, family, or God. There is no more precious a possession anyone could hold.
- Author Unknown |
