We all are blessed in different ways

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

A certain secret sage of the ages had a weak nature. In fact he had such an inflatable ego, that even he wasn't allowed to know he was the secret teacher. So whenever he came and left a place people felt aroused with inspiration to be better and more humane. They wondered about this, until they found out is was the nudging this one man had made. A question here, an suggestion there and a small gift somewhere else. 
One day, one who travelled the path a little enough found him out. He pointed the great sage out to the community, priding himself with the find. When they told the Sage he had been found out the man collapsed and never resumed his work. He told them he had followed a path without his ego knowing it. But now he knew, it would disturb the work. 

The intention with which you nudge, makes all the difference.

So knowing ones own best work or effect on others may not help at all. When one is cause, one is strong. When one seeks effect, one becomes like driftwood peddling. This happens more often. The same goes for certain current sages. Everyone who reads this will be visited by one of them. When you feel you are in his presence, just learn from him or her. But don't tell them you know who they really are. Humbleness has never been so fragile as this century, and the sages are just as human as you or me. That is not the miracle. The miracle is the difference they make.