Life That Can Be Explained In One Sentence
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Arthur Ashe, is a legendary Wimbledon Tennis player who died of AIDS as the cause of blood transfusion he took in his heart operation at 1983.
One day, he received a letter from one of his fans who asked, “Why God chose you to take that cursed disease?”
Arthur replied, “There are 50 million kids who started to play tennis on the whole world. But, only 5 million learned to play tennis. There are 500.000 people who learn tennis professionally. Among them, 50.000 are ready to join the tournaments anytime. There are 5000 tennis player who made it into Grand slam tournament. There are 50 tennis players who join Wimbledon tournament, but only 4 made it to semi final, then 2 made it to final. But, I’m the only one who won the trophy. When I held that trophy with my hand, I didn’t asked God “Why me?” Today I wont ask God when I am ill “Why me?”
Happiness will keep you behave sweetly. Challenge will keep you strong. Sorrow will keep you human. Failure will keep you modest. Success will keep you passionate, but only your attitude and loyalty which will keep you moving forward.
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Arswino,
I love the message in this post. I’m a fan of Arthur Ashe now. Thanks for the great post!
Wonderful closing statement, Arswino!
Thank you.
blessings to you and all you hold dear,
CG
Hi Arswino,
I love this message too - and it really gives me more appreciation for Arthur Ashe. Thanks for sharing this!
Hi Arswino
I really like what you have taken from this story.
Juliet
Exactly, we are all working with some sort of handicap. Honestly, some people get dealt much worse hands than others, but whining about it isn’t going to help anything. We have to play with the cards we are dealt to the best of our ability.
With that said, I wouldn’t wish AIDs on anyone.
What an inspirational story. I have heard about his story with AIDs, but to here how he talks about “why”. That just reminded me of “take good and take bad, the facts of life.”
Thank you for this.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
Sometimes, we do ask things like that, “Why Me?” We forget to ask, “Why Not?”
God is a God of possibilities. Maybe we just wanted to find some reason for our sufferings, because its often not the suffering that pains us, but the lack of meaning to our suffering. Sometimes, our real question to God is this, “What is the meaning to all these?”
Hi Daphne, you’re welcome and thanks for the comment.
Hi Walters, thank you for the compliment.
Hi Lance, you’re welcome and I didn’t know Arthur Ashe before as well until I read the article about him. Thanks for commenting, Lance.
Hi Juliet, thank you and the comment as well.
Hi Trey, welcome and pleased to see you stopping by. You’re absolutely right Trey, whining about our handicap isn’t going to help anything and I wish the same as well. Thank you for your comment, Trey.
Hi Giovanna, thank you. I have never heard about “take good and take bad, the facts of life” before. If you don’t mind, you may share it in here.
Hi Jocelyn, I like the question : “why not?” and “what is the meaning to all these?”. You have added some reflection here. Thank you Jocelyn.
Wonderful message! Thanks for the inspiration Arswino!
Robert
Love this message Arswino. Attitude and loyalty… two very important ingredients. Attitude really is everything. I learn it more every day. Thank you for sharing this with us.
When we face adversity, the questions we ask make all the difference. I have found it’s best to decide ahead of time what those questions will be even before adversity comes.
Hi Arswino,
“…only your attitude and loyalty which will keep you moving forward.”
Truly love your take on this. Ashe’s story is incredibly inspirational. He could have chosen to wallow in self-pity, but instead his positive attitude kept him moving forward.
Thank you for sharing this.
Many Blessings….
Roxanne and Hugo ~ Believe Achieve
Arthur Ashe as a great man. I love that US Open named their stadium after him. I never heard that story before, but I’m telling my father that one.
Hey Arswino, wow - this is a really powerful post! It perfectly drives home the message that we shouldn’t take the victim mentality in life and we should take the cards we’re dealt with and act from there. Afterall, we should focus about things we can influence and change, not things that have already happened. Thank you so much Arswino for sharing this story
Hi Robert, pleased to see you again. You’re welcome and thanks also for the comment.
Hi Jennifer, you’re welcome. You’re right, Jennifer. The question we ask make all the difference. Oftentimes we know someone from the question he/she ask. Thanks for commenting, Jennifer.
Hi Hugo and Roxanne, you’re welcome. I have learned many from Arthur Ashe as well. Thanks for the comment.
Hi Karl, I have just known that US Open named their stadium after him. Thanks for your comment, Karl.
Hi Celes, you’re welcome. I like your statement : we should focus about things we can influence and change, not things that have already happened. Yes Celes, we shouldn’t live in the past. Thanks for leaving a comment.
I love that quote at the end. Is that yours or is that Arthur’s? If i’s your, is it okay if I use it eventually?
Hi Ryan, I want to apologize for replying so late. The quote belongs to Arthur. Thanks for stopping by and the comment, Ryan.
This is a great and powerful story. Where do you find/create/make this stuff all the time Arswino? Its such a joy to see the powerful examples of living life fully in these short stories.
Great message thank you.
hm, wonderful post. the massage is really clear and given in a artistic way. thank you for this post.
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