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When a long-awaited prayer is gradually being answered, or when we feel that a blocked door is about to open, we are tempted to tell someone about it. We want to explain how long we have endured and how God is working, and sometimes, a subtle desire for acknowledgment rears its head. However, C.S. Lewis warns that the soul is most easily clouded when our hearts seek to validate ourselves through the gaze and comparison of people rather than through God. When signs of an answer appear, true spiritual masters retreat into their prayer closets rather than running to people to boast. Just as Elijah remained silent before a cloud the size of a hand, just as Mary deeply cherished the news of the tremendous miracle, and just as Hannah returned Samuel, whom she had received as an answer, back to God.