Why Me? A lesson for all...

Arthur Robert Ashe, Jr. (July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993), an African American, was a legendary tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States.

Arthur Ashe 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. And when I was holding the trophy I never asked GOD: “Why me?”. So today in pain, I should not be asking GOD:

“Why me?”