学进去

   Some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was short and he became angry when the child tried to make a box. However, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, “This is for you, Daddy.”

The man was happy, but he became angry again when he found out the box was empty. He shouted at her, “Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there should be something inside?” The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, “Oh. Daddy, it’s not empty. I blew kisses into the box. They’re all for you, Daddy.” The father was moved. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged (恳求) for her forgiveness.

One day, an accident took the life of the child. The father still 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, we have been given a gold box filled with unconditional love and kisses…from our children, family members and friends. There are simply no other things, anyone could hold, more precious than this.