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Unlikely messenger - at the post office

It's all in how you look at it. United States Post Office version. Another example of the unusual way in which messages are delivered. [Ok, I know it's not exactly news that the post office might deliver a message, but this one's different!]

My mom's birthday was last week and, in an effort to wish her the best, I sent her a gift. So I thought.

See, by the time I got to the post office on the Saturday before, the customer service area was closed. Now I'm pretty resourceful when it comes to this sort of thing, so I weighed the package, affixed the required postage, and stuck it in the bin.

End of story. So I thought.

That is until Monday, 2 days later, when I heard an unexpected truck in the drive. It was the postal carrier who delivers my route. Bringing the box back.

Seems I must have missed out on the new post office policy that says you have to hand a stamped package directly to a human person and not put it in the bin. (Why didn't they post a sign?)

Well, of course I didn't want mom's gift to be late, so I jumped right in the car and went back to the post office, a little miffed about the project that now wasn't getting done.

When I arrived with my small box, I reached the door slightly ahead of another person whose hands were full. So, of course, I held the door. We ended up next to one another in line and, since there was a bit of a wait, began chatting pleasantly back and forth.

Turns out she just happens to be experienced in an aspect of Internet marketing that I know very little about ... and that could be helpful in taking the next step with my business.

Hmmm. All of a sudden, the inconvenience of that extra trip to the post office dipped into the background as I stopped to consider what my line-mate was saying.

Wow, I thought. This is turning out to be a good deal after all!

It was a simple reminder that good news sometimes arrives through an unlikely messenger - like the lady next to you in line at the post office.


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Elizabeth Eckert, PhD

I enjoy observing human nature and helping people get healthier. I'm the author of Word Cures, webmaster of the WordCures.com healthy living website, and an organic vegetable gardener. I hang out in spacious North Dakota with Max, my precocious pup. (more)

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