The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth

Lou Gehrig retired from baseball after a hall of fame career, saying, “Today I consider myself the luckiest man of the face of the earth.” He was thankful for his teammates and opportunities to play baseball. Undaunted by his career-ending diagnosis of ALS disease, now commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, the Yankee’s first baseman went out a champion. His example inspires us to be grateful and never give in to self-pity.