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A Box of Kisses
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 was furious when the child tried to decorate a box.
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.
An accident took the life of the child
only a short time later and it is told that the man kept that
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 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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