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Hi dear friends!
Happy Holidays
> > >> > > >> The story goes that some time ago, a man punished
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> > >> > > >> his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >> wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became
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> > >> > > >> infuriated when the child tried to decorate a box
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> > >> > > >> to put under the Christmas tree.
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> > >> > > >> Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >> father the next morning and said, "This is for you,
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> > >> > > >> Daddy."
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> > >> > > >> He was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but
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> > >> > > >> his anger flared again when he found the box was
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> > >> > > >> empty. He yelled at her, "Don't you know when you give
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> > >> > > >> someone a present, there's supposed to be something
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> > >> > > >> inside it?"
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> > >> > > >> The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes
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> > >> > > >> and said, "Oh,Daddy, it's not empty, I blew kisses into
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> > >> > > >> the box. All for you, Daddy." > >
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> > >> > > >> The father was crushed. He put his arms around his
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> > >> > > >> little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
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> > >> > > >> It is told that the man kept that gold box by his bed
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> > >> > > >> for years and whenever he was discouraged, he would
take
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> > >> > > >> out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the
child
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> > >> > > >> who had put it there.
> > >> > > >> In a very real sense, each of us as humans, have been
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> > >> > > >> given a gold container filled with unconditional love
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> > >> > > >> and kisses from our children, friends, family or God.
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> > >> > > >> There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
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> > >> > > >> You now have two choices, you can:
> > >> > > >> 1) Pass this on to your friends; or
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> > >> > > >> 2) Delete it and act like it didn't touch your
heart.
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >> As you can see, I took choice number 1
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> > >> > > >> "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our
> > >> > > >> wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
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