This is a lovely story (Please take some of your valuable time to
read it).
read it).
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."
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 over reaction, 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, "Daddy, it's
not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full." The father was
crushed....
embarrassed by his earlier over reaction, 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, "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
and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone
could hold.
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
and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone
could hold.
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