Not Sticking Out (Pain and Suffering for Lent)

You want some recognition.  A little bit.  Something.  Some kind of validation.  Other people rock the classroom, the sports field, have interesting hobbies, have money or looks, or just have a certain je ne sais quois.  You just plod along.  When you try those things, you don’t actually humiliate yourself, not too badly–but people shrug and look elsewhere.  “Oh, I didn’t realize you were on the team also.  That’s nice.  Congratulations to you too.”

“He’s OK.”

“She’s  all right.”

Can anything good come out of Nazareth?