for their convictions such as Nelson Mandela do not come along that often e.g. Gandhi and Dr. King (and Rosa Luxemburg I may add); therefore, I think, these days in history and human memory when they leave us need to be recognized as such???.markers of humility - and gratefulness and a realization???that we probably 'did not deserve them,' but that they stayed on anyway .. it???s ok to be sad, to