The story goes that sometime ago, a man punished his 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 the little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the man kept the gold box by his bed for many 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 container 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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