Of course this sarcastic adage is not true, but have you ever feel that way?

A story is told about a poor lady who had written a letter to God about her plight in life:
A man who worked in a post office was in charge of processing all mail that had illegible addresses. One day a letter came to his desk, addressed in shaky handwriting to God. He thought, “I better open this one and see what it’s all about.” So he opened it and it read the letter to God from an older lady whose purse had been stolen and with it $100 intended to purchase a fine dinner for her two last two friends. She went on to say she had no one to turn to and asked if He would help her.

The postal worker was touched, and went around showing the letter to all the others. Each of them dug into his wallet and came up with a few dollars. in all, they collected 96 dollars, which they put into an envelope and sent over to her.

The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done. A few days later came another letter from the old lady to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was read. It read, “Dear God, How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me?” “Because of your generosity, I was able to fix a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. ” “By the way, there was 4 dollars missing. It was no doubt those thieving ‘no goods’ at the post office!”

Apologies to any postal workers, but sometimes it goes that way doesn’t it? An act of kindness goes unappreciated or unrecognized. I remember feeling so badly when I was in my first 60 day hospital stay…Scores of get well cards had come in, including one with a gift card to help with gas costs. Unfortunately, the card had become separated from the envelope it came in and I found myself with no way to express appreciation to the giver.

Perhaps some gifts are meant to be anonymous, and perhaps some of the best ones are. I remember a discussion with my friend Ray Buckman, who has now passed on to heaven. Our discussion that day was on growing our faith to the point we were not even aware of the good we do, lest we become somehow prideful over the deed.

Go light your world with recklessly unknown acts of kindness.

“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.” Matthew 6:3