The story goes that 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 the 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."
He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know there's supposed to be something in 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 the little girl and he begged for her forgiveness.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is told that the man 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 put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us humans have been given a gold container full of unconditional love and kisses form friends, family, or God. There is no more precious possessions that anyone could hold.
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