The true way

Jesus told this story:
'Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a holy man andthe other a tax collector.
The holy man stood and prayed, 'God, I thank you that I am notlike other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even likethis lousy tax collector. I fast twice a week, I give tithesof all that I get.'
But the tax collector, standing far away, would not even liftup his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, bemerciful to me a sinner!'
Jesus explains: 'I tell you, this tax collector went homeforgiven, rather than the holy man; for every one who praiseshimself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be praised.'
Beware of the proud holy man who hangs a bunch of rulesaround your neck.
That humble tax collector had it right. He was doing the onlything you and I can do to be accepted by God. He just asked, with humility.