[Fwd: FW: Box Of Kisses]

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>From a friend of mine,

 

I felt like sharing,

 

Antoine

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Through the coming, going, and the balance of life

The essential nature which illumines existence is the adorable one

May all perceive through subtle intellect

the brilliance of enlightenment.

A translation of the Gayatri Mantra

> > A Full Box of Kisses

> > The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old

> > daughter for wasting 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 years after his death, his

> > daughter, in settling his estate, found that he had kept that gold box

> > by his bed from that Christmas night. So whenever he was discouraged,

> he

> > could 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 living souls have been given a

> gold

> > container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children,

> > friends, family and Heavenly Father. There is no more precious

> > possession anyone could hold. Please, take a moment today, and enjoy a

> > big handful of memories. And remember they'll melt in your heart, not

> in

> > your hands!

> >

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