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The Golden Box
Some time ago a mother punished
her 5 year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she became even more upset
when the child used the gold paper to decorate a gift box.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box
to her mother the next morning and said, "This is for you, Momma."
The mother was embarrassed by her earlier
over reaction, but her anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty.
She spoke to her
daughter 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?"
She had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh, Momma, it's not empty! I blew kisses into it
until it was full."
The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl,
and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short
time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life. Whenever she was discouraged
or faced difficult problems she 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 were 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.
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