BULLETIN: PERSON DOES NOT CALL ATTENTION TO HERSELF!

“We must make an idol of our fear and call it God.”
--Ingmar Bergman, in the script for "The Seventh Seal"

Reuters reported yesterday that a Canadian school teacher and speech therapist left $3.8 million to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Roberta Langtry was 89 when she died.

What makes this newsworthy is three things:
1. She accumulated this money by saving carefully and investing wisely;
2. It was discovered that, during her life, she gave large, anonymous donations to people in need;
3. Most important, she was quiet about her wealth as well as what she intended to do with it.

Isn’t it refreshing to hear about someone who has something to offer yet doesn’t feel the compulsion to call attention to it? It seems contrary to the way things go these days.