Hello dear ones--


> > I received this from a friend who had a choice to make. It said that
> > I had a choice to make too.
> >
> > I've chosen. Now it's your turn to choose.
> >
> > 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 overreaction, 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?'
> >
> > She had tears in her eyes and 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, have 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.

received from a friend by email