Sending money through the post.

[Chris Bannister]

Hi,

I found this amusing anecdote:
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=24703

A mail carrier was finishing his route, and in the last mailbox he found
an outgoing letter addressed in shaky handwriting to "God". Not sure
what to do with it, he shows it to some colleagues back at the post
office and they decide to open it. Inside, written in the same frail
script there is a simple letter:

"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. 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?"

They were all touched by the letter, so they passed it around the office
and took up a collection, winding up with $96. The carrier put the
letter back in the envelope along with the money and the next day he
slipped it back into the same box.

A few days later there was another letter, again addressed to "God".
Expecting some quaint note, he took it back to the office and everybody
huddled around as he opened it. Inside was a letter that read:

"Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me?
Thanks to your generosity, I was able to buy groceries and pay all my
bills for the month. I told all of my friends how you answered my
prayers, but I noticed there was 4 dollars missing. I'm sure it was
those thieving bastards at the post office."

-- 
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X