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Life's battles don't always go To the stronger or faster man, But soon or late the man who wins... Is the man who thinks HE CAN!!!

Thursday, May 25, 2006

O God!!



Sorry guys I actually have been absent for soooooooooo long! The reasons are genuine & so I thought I'd let you know. Annual exams for one( my kids'). Then it was house hunting. We wanted to move closer to the kids' school & we finally found a lovely place in MRC nagar,unexpectedly. A nice area & there are so many kids for mine to play with! Setting up the house was something which took a lot of time as well. At work it was summer workshops.So i couldn't take an off. O God!it was a gruelling time & it irritated me a lot!

When I was wondering about things happening suddenly & things changing- so many new people enter into your life.So many things happen suddenly & just then you need an anchor.I found this passage while unpacking! Something i had written down from somewhere & forgotten about! Here's the beautiful piece that explains life.

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of CANCER. From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which said," Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease?" To this Arthur Ashe replied: The world over-- 5 crore children start playing tennis,50 lakh learn to play tennis, 5lakh learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the Grand slam, 50 reach Wimbeldon, 4 to semifinal, 2 to the finals. When I was holding the cup I never asked GOD "WHY ME?". And.... today in pain I SHOULD NOT be asking GOD " WHY ME?"

Happiness keeps u Sweet,
Trials keep u Strong,
Sorrow Keeps u Human,
Failure Keeps u Humble,
Success keeps u Glowing,

But only GOD keeps u Going.....

I found my anchor!

15 Comments:

Blogger NaiKutti said...

Yeah, thats a very interesting question "Why me". I have also read about this. People tend to ask this question only in suffering times. I didn't know about Arthur Ashe's anecdote...

hope you get back to your normal routine soon...

11:14 AM  
Blogger Robbie said...

Isnt it sad that ashe finally died of AIDS? loved this post.
thanks

6:37 PM  
Blogger Balaji S Rajan said...

Rashmi,

Good post. I am also undergoing the same as you. Change of place, job, new people every where. New schools for kids...and so.. Hope everything goes well for you. I liked 'Why me...'. If everybody could think this way, then there will not be any problem anywhere. God is great.

4:51 PM  
Blogger Barani said...

Nice Post !! enjoyed it..

I often tend to find my self in such a situation where I ask to my self "Why me"... :)). I think many of us feel the same.

7:42 AM  
Blogger Ar Ar Ar Arrrrr said...

And.... today in pain I SHOULD NOT be asking GOD " WHY ME?"
Fully agree with you here...people always remember god when in pain...not during happiness...

10:46 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks Karthik!Things are definitely falling in place.

Thanks Robbie, Welcome aboard.

Hope life is getting back to normal for you too Rajan!

I know Barani, it is terrible. Welcome aboard.

Very true Arz000n!

3:53 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Dint know u Blogged! :) Surprises in the blog world! COol!

Best of luck with everything ur plannning!
Cheers

9:18 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks Anjaan!
Need those wishes for the many things I'm planning for myself!

Rashmi.

1:51 AM  
Blogger Thanu said...

sab settled for now?

have loads of fun it the new place

5:52 PM  
Blogger Sattvic said...

Hi Rashmi:
Nice to see you back with such a wonderful post. Really beautiful! Very touching too.

11:19 AM  
Blogger Just Jane said...

Hey there from one Chennaiite to another :) Have read this story before, truly awesome. When I used to ask myself the question 'why me?', the answer I got was 'Coz you're the Chosen One!!' :D

1:25 AM  
Blogger Swahilya Shambhavi said...

Thank You Rashmi, for that lovely one!

5:32 AM  
Blogger Ginkgo said...

and ur posts keep me clicking:)

10:42 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks Thanu! Kind of settling down!

Thanks Sattvic!

So that's the secret of your name right?Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard Madsies! So true na?

6:02 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

U are most welcome Swahilya!

Ahem! ur serious ginkgo? Thanx!

6:04 AM  

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