Originally Posted by Halcyon

My uncle gave me an old bombshell on my 16th birthday. He had it since he was in college. It was taped shut with instructions not to open til I was 21.

On my 21st birthday I opened it to find about a dozen small objects each with symbolic meaning.

i.e.
A fishhook: teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime.
A sand dollar: true value is not always defined by money
Etc...

He had faith that I would turn into the kind of young man that would appreciate it. Still my favorite gift ever.