Gold wrapping paper

i received this from a friend who had a choice to make. It said that i
had a
choice to make too. I've chosen. Now it's your turn to choose.

The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her 5 year old
daughter
for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight
and she
became
even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to
put
under the christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the
next
morning and said, "this is for you, momma."

the mother was embarrassed by her earlier over-reaction, but her anger
flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty. She spoke
to
her daughter 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?"

she had tears in her eyes and said, "oh, momma, it's not empty! I blew
kisses into it until it was full."

the mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around
her
little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it
is
told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of
her
life.

Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she 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 god, our children,
family, friends . There is no more precious possession anyone could
hold.

You now have two choices:
1. Pass this on to your friends, or
2. Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart.

As you can see, I took choice no. 1. Friends are like angels who lift
us to
our feet, when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.