第8章 来自亲情的吻A Box Full of Kisses

佚名/Anonymous

这个故事发生在很早以前。三岁的女儿浪费了一卷金色的包装纸，父亲惩罚了她。当时家里生活很拮据，所以看到女儿用金色包装纸装饰盒子，并把它放在圣诞树下时，父亲非常生气。第二天早上，小姑娘把圣诞礼物送给父亲，说道：“爸爸，这是送给您的。”

父亲为自己先前的大动肝火而懊悔不已，但当他打开盒子发现里面什么也没有时，又生气了。他对小姑娘大声嚷道：“难道你不知道送别人礼物时，里面应该放东西吗？”小姑娘抬头望着父亲，眼中噙满了泪水，她哭着说：“爸爸，这个盒子不是空的。我吹了许多吻放在里面，这些吻都是送给您的，爸爸。”

父亲顿时羞愧难当，他张开双臂拥抱着女儿，乞求女儿原谅他。

不久，小姑娘死于一场事故。此后许多年，她的父亲一直把这个金色的盒子放在床头，每当他感到绝望时，就拿出那个装满了吻的盒子，想想女儿曾经给予他的爱。

其实，我们每个人都有个金色的盒子，里面装满了无私的爱和吻，这些吻来自我们的孩子、家人、朋友和上帝。人人都有这样的盒子，但不一定人人都懂得如何珍惜它。

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 infuriate 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.”

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction，but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty.He yelled at her，stating，“Don’t you know，when you give someone a present，there is supposed to be something inside？”The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried，“Oh，Daddy，it’s not empty at all.I blew kisses into the box.They’re all for you，Daddy.”

The father was crushed.He put his arms around his little girl，and he begged for her forgiveness.

Only a short time later，an accident took the life of the child.It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and，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 one of us，as humans beings，have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses...from our children，family members，friends，and God.There is simply no other possession，anyone could hold，more precious than this.