His job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day a
letter came to his desk, addressed in a shaky handwriting to God. He thought, "I'd better open this one and see what it's all about." So he opened it and read it, "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 the money I have nothing to by food with; I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me???" The
postman was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the other
workers at the post office. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars. By the time he made the round, he had collected 95 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 came another letter 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 Easter day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift." "By the way, there was 5 dollars missing. It was, with no doubt, those thieving bad people at the post office."
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