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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dizzee" data-source="post: 644480" data-attributes="member: 12313"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">The letter read:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Dear God,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Sincerely, Edna</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few dollars.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">By the time he made the rounds, he had collected $96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman. </span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Christmas came and went. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">A few days later, another letter came from the same old lady to God. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">It read:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Dear God,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">By the way, there was $4 missing. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">I think it might have been those bastards at the post office.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Sincerely, Edna</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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