The Gift
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 that the box
was empty.
He yelled at her, "Don't you know that when you give someone a present,
there is supposed to be something inside of 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 again
begged her forgiveness. My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his
bed for years. Whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary
kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
Truly, each of us has been given a gold container filled with unconditional
love and kisses from our friends and families. No more precious possession
could anyone hold...
Author unknown.

