‘Why it happens to me alone?’ - Arthur Ashe answers this most common thought

At any point of time in your life have you had this question coming in your mind: ‘Why it happens to me alone?’ I am sure yes.

Arthur Ashe is a legendary Wimbledon player and was an AIDS patient. He became an AIDS patient due to infected blood he received during his heartsurgery in 1983. Once the news became public, he started receiving lots of letters from fans all over the world. One of the letters asked,
‘Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease Ashe’?

The reply what Arthur Ashe gave was awesome:
‘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 the Wimbledon Cup I
never asked the GOD ‘Why it happens to me alone?’

Today when I have to experience this pain I should not be asking GOD
‘Why it happnes to me alone?’ ‘

I heard the following great lines from some of my friends:
‘Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrow keeps you Human,
Failure keeps you Humble and
Success keeps you glowing,
Only Faith &Attitude Keeps you going…


‘Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them,
Have great dreams and dare to live them,
Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

If you have already finished Born To Win you definitely know what I am talking about. If you are yet to
step into Born to Win keep this inspiring message close to your heart.

Arthur Ashe - Hats off to you: You are one more guy who started inspiring me greatly!

2 Comments »

  1. Ganesan said,

    July 5, 2008 @ 10:19 pm

    Fantastic mail information really touches me, and it made me to realise the state of myself as soon as i got success

    Thanks With Regards…………

    Ganesan

  2. anjali said,

    July 21, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

    dear vidya,
    i now know what life is. life is the most precious gem of all. thanks to you and praveen for making me realize that.

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