Saturday good wishes …

Every month or so I send a parcel to my daughter in Brazil.  It has become a bit of a tradition and a reason to celebrate. Not always because of the contents; sometimes it contains little more than a few food supplements and some English Tea (should I say Chinese or Indian)
It is more to do with its actual arrival and the time it takes.  It should take 5 to 7 days but often it is more like 3 weeks or more.  I have not expressed concern until now except when one got lost and another was returned.  On on occasion the export duty far exceeded the value of the parcel; that time the postage was more than the contents! So the carrier was not always to blame.
This time I decided to carefully track the parcel and complain when it got overdue.
This preamble has a point to which I will return.

As you know I am an advocate of Good Wishes and all that entails; sitting on a cushion with legs crossed might help but it is not always necessary!  It is like a prayer only a prayer I believe is to a nice man with a white beard sitting on a cloud answering all sorts of requests  only if you and all concerned have been good; in his opinion.
My wishes come from a thankful place of good intentions; sometimes from despair not just for me but for all beings whether we are good or not.  For instance when I am in that desperate state I wish for the happiness of all women and the safety of their far off offspring.

I have been advised also to be careful what one wishes for.  It is likely that the wish will come true.  For example; to wish that one ‘need not go to work tomorrow’ might mean that one wakes up to find an unfortunate reason why one cannot go to work and more serious implications.
It is not a case of one size fits all; the wish should be mindfully activated with good intentions.

So back to my story
And; Oh yes! another prerequisite it is imperative to share your life (and its wishes) with others who commit themselves to this simple culture.  As luck and good wishes should have it, I find myself on Twitter with a bunch (this is a well defined epithet as one twitterer sends me flowers regularly)  of good wishers and virtual  huggers of love.
So due to the tardiness of my recent parcel this week I decided utilise the power of Twitter and politely  wish that @parcelforce hurry up my parcel and those of all others of course.

After one or two more tweets, DM and emails the parcel has arrived at it is destination; for which I am truly grateful.
However, I firmly believe that as I had not shared any information regarding the parcel until yesterday afternoon; Parceforce had not yet put the pressure on the carriers at Sao Paulo.

It was my good wishes and those on Twitter that moved my parcel from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours … a journey I know from previous tracking experience usually takes another 7 days!

Case proven