佚名/Anonymous
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 infuriate when the child tried to decorate a 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.”
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but 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's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy.”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the 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 a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses……from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.
這個故事發生在很早以前。三歲的女兒浪費了一卷金色的包裝紙，父親懲罰了她。當時家裏生活很拮據，所以看到女兒用金色包裝紙裝飾盒子，並把它掛到聖誕樹上時，父親非常生氣。第二天早上，小姑娘把聖誕禮物送給父親，說道：“爸爸，這是送給您的。”
父親為自己先前的大動肝火而懊悔不已，但當他打開盒子發現裏麵什麽也沒有時，又生氣了。他對小姑娘大聲嚷道：“難道你不知道送別人禮物時，裏麵應該放東西嗎？”小姑娘抬頭望著父親，眼中噙滿了淚水，她哭著說：“爸爸，這個盒子不是空的。我吹了許多吻放在裏麵，這些吻都是送給您的，爸爸。”