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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 box was empty.
He yelled at her, "Don't you know 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'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 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 or God. There is no more precious
possession anyone could hold.
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