consider one positive example of humility from the past. Lou Gehrig was one of the greatest players in baseball history. His career as a power-hitting first baseman with the New York Yankees ended just prior to World War II. His playing days were cut short in 1939 by the onset of a rare terminal disease of the nerves and muscles, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (popularly known now as “Lou Gehrig’s disease” ). Gehrig handled himself well in the midst of suffering and personal disappointment. His exemplary