A Box of Kisses - 一盒吻

A Box of Kisses

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.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later.  It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life.  Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.

There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

 一盒吻

故事发生在很多年前。一个家庭家里经济拮据，当女儿试图用金色包装纸包装一个没用的盒子时，做父亲的大发雷霆，并斥责了她。

第二天早上，小女儿把盒子递到父亲的面前说:“这是送给您的礼物，爸爸。”

父亲顿时围昨天的失态感到惭愧。他打开盒子，却发现里面空空如也，便再一次勃然大怒。他冲着孩子嚷起来:“你不知道送别人礼物的时候，里面要装东西的吗？”

小女儿抬头望着他，眼里噙满了泪水:“哦，爸爸，它不是空的，我把很多个亲吻放进了盒子里。都是给您的，爸爸。”

父亲一下子全明白了，他搂住小女儿，请求她的原谅。

不久之后，一场事故夺去了孩子的生命。据说这个父亲一直把空盒子放在床边，保存了多年。

每当他灰心丧气的时候，就取出一个想象的吻，重温孩子送给她的纯真的爱。。。

我们都曾收过空盒子，里面装满了来自亲人、朋友、孩子或上帝无私的爱与亲吻。

世上没有比这更珍贵的礼物了。不要假装它没有打动你，让我们学会珍惜，再用心把空盒子传递出去。