What Is More Precious?

The story goes that sometime ago; a man punished his three-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 Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you Daddy."

The man was embarrassed by his earlier over-reaction. Nevertheless, his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?" The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it is not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."

The father was crushed. He put his arms round his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness. Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the little child. It is also told that her father kept that 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 had put it there.

In the very real sense, each one of us, as human being have been given a golden container filled with in conditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold more precious than this.