The message below was forwarded from my friend and I thought I would share it with you guys too. I know from time to time that we take things for granted.Although this is a sweet tale and yet it's a wake up call from reality.


We often learn the most from our children.  Some time ago, a friend of
mine 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 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 that 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 of it?"  The
little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,
Daddy, it's 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 her forgiveness.

My friend told me that he kept that gold box by his bed for years.
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 parents has been given a gold container filled with
unconditional love and kisses from our children.

There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

Regards,

Fred Dehkordi
Design Engineer
Texas Micro Inc.

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