Why Me?
This is a small attempt to elaborate one of the forwards I
received recently in my social media account. These are based on real life
incidents so hopefully it will turn the needle of our thought process.
Incident 1
Way back in 1983, a very renowned American Tennis Player Arthur
Ashe was diagnosed with AIDS, which he got due to infected blood he received during
a Heart Surgery. One day, he received a letter from one of his fan. With a
deep sense of grievance, the content had a question for Arthur as to why God
picked him for such a fatal disease.
Before I pen down Arthur’s response to this question, I would
like to admit that his answer was much more prestigious and respectable than
his three Grand Slam titles, Wimbledon title, US open trophy and so on...
put together. Being a celebrity to millions is not only about awards, recognition, fame, red carpets, etc. It is equally about how to absorb all these
successes and still be human and deep rooted with values.
Arthur response to his fan’s question was,
50 million children started playing Tennis, 5 million learnt
how to play, 0.5 million learnt professional Tennis, 50000 had chance to play
on Tennis pitch of a well-known stadium, 5000 reached Grand Slam, 50 reached Wimbledon,
4 reached Semis, 2 reached Finals…and when I held that trophy in my hand, I did
not ask God, Why Me?
Incident 2
A legendary Indian Cricket Player, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
(father of Saif Ali Khan) was in full swing of his international cricket career
form the very beginning of his arrival. In true sense, he was enjoying his “He
Days” with his game and a huge huge applaud from Indian Cricket lovers.
On an awful day, he met with a road accident in England. Even
after best medication available, he lost his right eye at the age of just 21
years. Indian fans started accepting the fact that Indian cricket will have to
somehow survive without this man. Although Pataudi lost his eye, it was people
who lost their visibility in him. However, this man proved himself as Nawab not just
by birth, but by his intention and determination.
In one of his interviews, he explained that he decided not to
live like an underdog but in the very same way he lived before this incident.
He took his bat, practiced day and night with his unfocused and vague vision but
over the course of time, managed to make his presence marked in the
international cricket again and this time for many more years than we can even
think of.
We often have complains about our problems, our destiny and
the list goes on. We are never satisfied with our life and always seek good in
what is not meant for us. A child in a small village sees a plane flying over
his head and dreams of flying, while the pilot of the plane, watching the
village, dreams of returning home and staying with his loved ones.
We have to understand that nature will not act as per our
direction. We are the tiniest part of universe with no authority and power. We
expect our life to be so tender that we fail to understand that even flower has
to grow through many not-so-good and not-so-bad parts and processes to blossom.
Life has to go through its peak and valleys and our job is to grow through it.
Humans have the habit of sorting people by their attributes to love or hate
them, God does not. His every creature has to face their part of rainbow and
eclipse both.
If wealth is the secret of happiness, rich would be dancing
on the streets but only poor kids do that. If power ensures security, VIPs
should walk unguarded. If sophistication and position are an asset of an individual,
then love, care, kindness and generosity would have never been priceless. Struggles
and grief act as a multiplication factor in between happiness and joy in our
life. Our problems and worries do not belittle our life, they actually justify
our existence and increase the value of what we have to manifolds.
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