This weekend, Yankee great Andy Pettitte will have his number retired at Yankee Stadium joining an exclusive group of Yankees that include Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio. Andy Pettitte's career has been well documented through his successes in New York and Houston including multiple World Series championships.
However, I cannot help but think that Andy Pettitte's success and now retired number is a result of his faith in the American people. Time and time again, history has shown that people are willing to forgive if they are told the truth. The human capacity to do so is based on the fact that we look into a mirror and see a non-perfect person and we resonate and connect when our athletes, politicians and stars are open about their non-perfection.
Perhaps if more folks were willing they were wrong and made mistakes, we would not have so much hatred, partisanship and disappointment in public life. While I admit that I am not opposed to the rigorous and continuous attacks on Hillary Clinton's private email server, if she came out and said Yes, I used a private email server and I should not have. I should have shown better discretion about confidential information, this would not even be a story.
Trust people, be great, join Monument Park.
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