The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year old
daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was
tight and she 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 mother the
next
morning and said, "This is for you, Momma."
The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger
flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty.
She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner. "Don't you know, young
lady,that when you give
someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?"
She had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Momma, it's not empty! I blew
kisses into it until it was full."
The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around
her little girl, and she
begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it
is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years
of her life. Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems
she would open the box and 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 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 possession anyone could hold.