Box Full of Kisses - A Loving Story for All Who Care

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Dear Friends in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone...

 

Here is a Chinna Katha, forgotten, but stored in my store-house long

ago. As I am going through them, I found it and thought of sharing

it with you all.

 

Love and Love alone ...

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

Box Full of Kisses - A Loving Story for All Who Care

 

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 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. " 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 that when

you give someone a present, there's supposed to be something inside

it " ? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and

said, " Oh, Daddy, it is not empty. I blew kisses into the box. All

for you, Daddy. " The father was crushed.

 

He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her

forgiveness. It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed

for 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 of us as humans have been given a

gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our

children, friends, family or God. There is no more precious

possession anyone could hold.

gopi