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 box was empty.
He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give
someone a present, there's supposed 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 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 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
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.
