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[keenfarhan]

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,

"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 his arms
around his little girl, and he begged her to forgive him for 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 and friends. There is no more precious possession
anyone could hold.

If you can't change your approach, change your attitude.