Being Somebody

Don’t worry if no one seems to notice you or praise you as you faithfully do your work and live your spiritual journey.  In 1622, on the same day, four famous, if you are Catholic, people were declared saints, They were Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, his famous friend and fellow Jesuit, Francis Xavier, the mystic, Teresa of Avila, who founded the Discalced Carmelites, and Philip Neri, another founder and writer.  But there was one more person declared a saint that day, not so famous, unless you were a farmer, and even then, not known well.  His name is Isidore.  He founded nothing and wrote nothing.  He was a farm day laborer in Spain.  He was humble, did his job, and had a spiritual life.  So you are never nobody, unless you let people get into your head, rent free, who treat you that way.  Or if being recognized and praised is your goal, then you might be often if not always, miserable.  I am not a nobody.  You are reading this and you are a somebody.