Golden Box
The story goes that some time ago a man punished his five years-old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.
Money was tight and he became even more upset when the child used
the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father
the next morning an 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 litter 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 this 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.
Golden Box