Gandalf the Grey

Stripped of ability, strength, I find myself suddenly somewhat renewed and left to embark upon the long road not to the point from which I fell but to something resembling the point towards which I was striving before life got in the way, albeit from a different angle. While the malady that caused my deviation from the path is rare, fortunately the general story line common; our society is rife with tales of such role models, prototypes for my quest to heal stronger. I would like to identify three of them.