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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."
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared1 again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled2 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."
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 imaginary4 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 unconditional5 love and kisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.
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1 Flared | |
adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词 | |
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2 yelled | |
v.叫喊,号叫,叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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a.压碎的,倒碎的 | |
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adj.想象中的,假想的,虚构的,幻想的;虚数的 | |
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5 unconditional | |
adj.无条件的,无限制的,绝对的 | |
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