Fallen Angel
13 Feb 2005, 16:45
I received this from a good friend who had a choice to make. It said that I
>had a choice to make too. I've chosen. Now it's your turn to choose.
>
>
>"The story goes that some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old daughter
>for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he
>became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a
>box to put under the Christmas tree.
>Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next
>morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." The father was embarrassed by his
>earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was
>empty. He spoke to her 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?"
>
>
>The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,
>Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full."
>The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put away his unnecessary
>anger.
>
>
>An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is
>told that the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his
>life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he 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.
>
>
>You now have two choices. You can
>* 1- Pass this on to your friends, or
>* 2- Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.
>
>
>As you can see, I took choice No. 1.
>had a choice to make too. I've chosen. Now it's your turn to choose.
>
>
>"The story goes that some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old daughter
>for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he
>became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a
>box to put under the Christmas tree.
>Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father the next
>morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy." The father was embarrassed by his
>earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he found the box was
>empty. He spoke to her 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?"
>
>
>The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,
>Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full."
>The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put away his unnecessary
>anger.
>
>
>An accident took the life of the child only a short time later and it is
>told that the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the years of his
>life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he 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.
>
>
>You now have two choices. You can
>* 1- Pass this on to your friends, or
>* 2- Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.
>
>
>As you can see, I took choice No. 1.