Anonymity

 A lot of people seem to aspire to live like Jesus of Nazareth, and many consider him to be God come to earth.  And such people try to follow him.  But do they?  Well, not if they are self-promoting, egocentric and looking for praise and popular esteem.  In Mark 1:40-45 a leper comes to Jesus and wants to be healed.  Jesus says ok and heals him.  This would inflate many an ego.  But Jesus tells the healed leper to keep it quiet.  There is not even something of the leper saying thank you.  How many people get sober and forget gratitude.  Anyhow,  I am trying to stay right-sized and be helpful without wanting for a thank you or publicity.  Which means if no one says thank you for my blogs, I will be OK with that.  Hmm.  I guess I have a bit of a ways to go.