Money was tight and he
became
infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the
Christmas
tree. 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. It was 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 gold
container filled with kisses by
our children, friends,
family or God. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold. Author Unknown