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.
>
> You now have two choices. You can: * Pass this on to your friends,
or
> * Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart. As you can
see,
> I took choice No. 1.
2007-01-05
09:21:19
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