Just one more gift…From the Conductor to you, my fellow passengers…
on December 27th, 2011 at 5:46 amHe is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.~ Epictetus
Good day fellow passengers. As you board the train today imagine me, your humble conductor, handing you a beautiful box wrapped in gold wrapping paper. “WAIT!!!” Don’t open it until you read all of the below. But first…
Fellow Passengers, as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, I want to give you a gift. A gift of hope, love and optimism for the Christmas season and the New Year that is upon us. Yes, this is a re-gift, as I post it each year but, remember that this is personal though from me to you. All of my wonderful friends and family who’ve jumped aboard the Train this year. It is my hope that you will savor the spirit of the following gift, re-gift it, and pass along.
The Gift: “GOLD WRAPPING PAPER” (Remember, even if you’ve already received some, is there ever enough “love” to 
receive?).
‘Gold Wrapping Paper’
I (Chuckie) 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 five 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 give to her.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and then said, ‘This is for you, Momma.’
The mother was embarrassed by her earlier overreaction, 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 our children, family, friends and GOD. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
You now have two choices:
1. Pass this on to your friends, or
2. forget about this story and act as if it didn’t touch your heart.
As you can see, I took choice No. 1.
I chose to share with you all here on the LiFeTrain, my family!
If you receive this more than once in return just know that your friends have also thought of you…
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her five 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 give to her.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and then said, ‘This is for you, Momma.’
The mother was embarrassed by her earlier overreaction, 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 our children, family, friends and GOD. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.
Thank you for the beautiful gift. I receive it with open heart and arms. Have a wonderful New Year my friend. Here is my New Years wish for you: That everything you want and need would be yours (if God sees fit of course):-) and that God would rain down His beautiful grace heavily upon you and show you much favor in the coming year. Thank you for blessing my year here on the Life Train. What a ride my friend, what a ride.
I emailed this to all my friends. Thanks.