BOXES OF LOVE

I HAVE IN MY HANDS TWO BOXES.
WHICH GOD GAVE ME TO HOLD.
HE SAID, "PUT ALL YOUR SORROWS IN THE BLACK
AND ALL YOUR JOYS IN THE GOLD."

I HEEDED HIS WORDS, AND IN THE TWO BOXES
BOTH MY JOYS AND SORROWS I STORE
BUT THOUGH THE GOLD BECAME HEAVIER EACH DAY
THE BLACK WAS AS LIGHT AS BEFORE
WITH CURIOSITY, I OPENED THE BLACK.
I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHY
AND I SAW, IN THE BASE OF THE BOX A HOLE WHICH MY SORROWS
HAD FALLEN OUT BY.

I SHOWED THE HOLE TO GOD AND MUSED ALOUD
I WONDER WHERE MY SORROWS COULD BE.
HE SMILED A GENTLE SMILE AT ME.
"MY CHILD, THEY'RE ALL HERE WITH ME."

WHY THE GOLD, AND THEN THE BLACK WITH HOLE IN IT?
"MY CHILD, THE GOLD IS FOR YOU TO COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS,
THE BLACK IS FOR YOU TO LET THEM GO."

WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALL OF OUR FRIENDS A BLESSING.

SEND THIS TO A FRIEND TODAY JUST TO LET THEM KNOW
YOUR'RE THINKING OF THEM
AND THAT THEY ARE A JOY IN YOUR LIFE.