Dear Friends,
Yesterday I went to the Nanyang Book Store at Carnavant Street, the lady in charge told me a moving story, she has asked me for an additional copy of print of my sketch of Nadia Comaneci with her words of courage "Do Not Pray For An Easy Life, Pray To Be A Strong Person". This book store has my print hanging right on top of the wall for years. She said an Australian friend of hers when first discovered that she had cancer, she was very depressed and wanted to give up easily, then one day she came into the shop and saw the print and words of courage of Nadia Comaneci. She was inspired, and decided to fight with the cancer, and she had succeded in fighting the cancer and won it for 3 years and she is delighted with that.
I first saw these words in a print of Nadia Comaneci in US back in 1984 when I first arrived to study at University of Minnesota. I bought a few of the print, and always felt these words most suitable for Nadia. Never did I get to know, that these words really came from Nadia Comaneci herself. Nadia Comaneci has personally told me when she was 19 years old she wrote these words in English in Romania for self-motivation, I was very touched and decided to write these words of courage to Nadia's sketch of mine to make into prints with Nadia's personal permission. I thought it could help someone, but never thought it can even safe a life. Thank you to Nadia for your great inspiration!
