The story goes that some time ago a man punished his
5-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money
was tight and he became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so
as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the
gift box to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you,
Daddy." The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his
anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh
manner, "Don't you know, young lady, when you give someone a present
there's supposed to be something inside the package?"
The little girl looked up at him with tears
in her eyes and said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it
until it was full." The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put
his arms around his little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for his
unnecessary anger. An accident took the
life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the father kept
that gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. And whenever he was
discouraged or faced difficult problems he 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.
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