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A Box Full 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 became infuriated when the child tried to decorate
a box to put under the Christmas tree. Never the less, 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 her found
the box was empty. He yelled at her,
"Don't you know that 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 is 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 forgiveness.
It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed for 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
family, friends or God. There is no more precious possession
anyone could hold.
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