A man worked in a post office. His job was to process
all mail that
had illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his
desk, addressed in
a shaky handwriting to God. He thought, "I better open
this one and see
what it's all about." So he opened it and it read,
"Dear God, I am an 83 year old widow living on a very
small pension."
"Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had a hundred dollars
in it
which was all the money I had until my next pension check."
"Next Sunday is Easter, and I had invited two of my friends
over for dinner.
Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with."
"I have no family
to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please
help me?"
The postal worker was touched, and went around showing
the letter to
all the others. Each of them dug into his wallet and
came up with a few
dollars. By the time he made the rounds, he had collected
96 dollars,
which they put into an envelope and sent over to her.
The rest of the
day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the
nice thing they had done.
Easter came and went, and a few days later another letter
came from
the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around
while the letter was opened.
It read, "Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for
what you did for
me?" "Because of your generosity, I was able to
fix a lovely dinner for
my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told
my friends of your
wonderful gift." "By the way, there was four dollars
missing. It was
no doubt those thieving bastards at the post office."
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