On August 27, a postcard sent 72 years ago was finally delivered to the recipient’s address.

While Alan Ball, now 88, was visiting New York City in 1953, he sent his parents, Frederic and Elizabeth Ball, a postcard, which became lost deep in the postal system. When the Ottawa, Illinois postmaster found the relic last Wednesday, he was able via genealogy to track down Mr. Ball to tell him his postcard had finally come through. Frederic and Elizabeth, currently residing in heaven, were unavailable for comment.

If you think that’s a long time to wait for a postcard, consider the one that was delivered last year in Swansea, Wales, 121 years after its postmarked date of sending.

The Spiritual Meaning of Delayed Delivery

Spiritually speaking, everything dispatched to you and that you deserve by right of your consciousness eventually arrives. While some call this dynamic “what goes around comes around,” I call it “your spiritual escrow account.”

My friend Ken Honda, author of Happy Money, explains this principle to comfort people who feel they have lost money unfairly. “Imagine that your money is being held in a great escrow account,” Ken suggests. “It will come back to you someday in some form, when you can most use it.”

A Lesson from My Own Experience

When I first began to present seminars, I gave a program at a local holistic health center. Based on the attendance, the sponsor was to pay me $1300. When months went by and she did not pay, she told me that the center was having a hard time financially, but she would get it to me for sure. A month later I received a notice that the center had gone bankrupt, and I would not be receiving any payment.

Soon afterward I learned that this woman had opened up a new center under a different name, and she was reaping a good income. I grew angry, since through my event she had collected far more than the amount she owed me, and now she was abusing the bankruptcy laws to avoid her creditors. I wrote the woman a strong letter demanding that she pay me. Before I mailed it, however, an inner voice said, “Wait before you send it.”

The more I thought about the letter, the less I felt inclined to get into an upset-driven conflict with the woman. It felt a lot better to just let it go. I was doing well with my business, anyway. I deleted the letter from my computer.

The Universe Pays Its Debts

A month later, I was presenting a program at Unity Village, Missouri, the world headquarters of Unity Churches. There I was to be paid according to the number of people in the audience. I counted the audience, and calculated my income at $3100. A few weeks later I received a check from Unity for $4400—$1300 extra, the exact amount the holistic center’s owner had shorted me.

When I double checked with Unity, they said that the figure was correct as far as they were concerned. The money I thought I had lost was not lost at all. It was being held in my higher escrow account. Spirit knew how to get it back to me.

Your Good is Never Lost

You might also believe that you have lost your good through a lover, friend, or family member who has turned their back on you or somehow departed from your life. I assure you that any love or kindness you invested is not lost at all. Every packet of good that you generate belongs to you by right of your consciousness.

When you stay in a sufficiency mindset, the universe is happy and able to dispense all of your payouts. If the postal service can do it, Higher Power is certainly capable.