Thursday, March 27, 2008

Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr.

(Thanks Qi Jun for the sharing)

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983.
From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease"?
To this Arthur Ashe replied:
"The world over --
50 million children start playing tennis,
5 million learn to play tennis,
500,000 learn professional tennis,
50,000 come to the circuit,
5000 reach the grand slam,
50 reach Wimbledon,
4 to semi final,
2 to the finals,
when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'.
And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' "

"Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you humble
and
Success keeps you glowing,
but only Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...

4 comments:

Eunice said...

very inspiring post :) hehe
very true! :*)
Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...

Jynee said...

Eunice,

Miss you gals so much. :) Let's keep the faith and good attitude in ourselves. :)

*~Shy~*

Anonymous said...

Oh gosh, it got me thinking for a lonnnng, long time. Thanks for the share!

I hope everything's fine at your end? :)

Jynee said...

Hi, SweeWon,

Really glad to hear from you. :) Wish you all the best as well. :)

Have a nice day ya... :)

*~Shy~*