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.
Nevertheless,
the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and
said, “This is for you, Daddy.”
The
man became embarrassed by his overreaction earlier, but his rage
continue when he saw that the box was empty. He yelled at her;
“Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is
supposed to be something inside?”
The
little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried;
“Oh,
Daddy, it’s not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They’re
all for you, Daddy.”
The
father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he
begged for her forgiveness.
Only
a short time later, an accident took the life of the child.
Her
father kept the 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.
Love
is the most precious gift in the world.
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