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...
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:
very inspiring post :) hehe
very true! :*)
Faith & Attitude Keeps you going...
Eunice,
Miss you gals so much. :) Let's keep the faith and good attitude in ourselves. :)
*~Shy~*
Oh gosh, it got me thinking for a lonnnng, long time. Thanks for the share!
I hope everything's fine at your end? :)
Hi, SweeWon,
Really glad to hear from you. :) Wish you all the best as well. :)
Have a nice day ya... :)
*~Shy~*
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