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Gold Wrapping Paper
The story goes, that some time
ago a mother punished her five-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 box to put under the Christmas
tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the
next morning and then 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?"
Her daughter had tears in her eyes when she 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 -- as human
beings -- has been
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.
Contributed
by
Eranga Jayalatharachchi
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© 2007, Jace Carlton. All International Rights Reserved.
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