Children
We often learn the most from our children. Some time ago, a friend of
mine 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 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 that 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 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 he
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. In a very real
sense, each of us as parents has been given a gold container filled
with unconditional love and kisses from our children.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
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