THOUGHTS

"Hurry slowly." "That which grows slowly, endures."

So you hang on because something old is sometimes better than
something new, and what you know is often better than a
stranger.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you are tired.

Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows; but cheer up.

An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have

the propensity to look for the good in every situation."

Feeling sorry for yourself and your present condition, 

is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The Golden Box

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Some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for wasting

a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and
he became even more upset when the child pasted the gold paper
so as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her father
the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his
anger flared again when he found the box was empty.

He spoke to her 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?"

The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and
said, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until
it was full."

The father was crushed.

He fell on his knees and put his arms around his little girl,
and he begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later
and it is told that the father kept that gold box by his bed for
all the years of his life. And whenever he was discouraged or
faced difficult problems he 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 has been given
a golden box filled with "unconditional love" and kisses from our
children, family, colleagues, friends and God. There is no more precious
possession anyone could hold. Celebrate this season in Love!