Subject: Gold Wrapping Paper
Just shows that we shouldn't sweat the small stuff.....
Gold Wrapping Paper
I received this from a friend who had a choice to make.
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 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?"
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.
