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I would like to offer you my heartfelt congratulations and to join your many distinguished friends from the fields of sports, government and the arts who are honouring you on this special occasion.

For a man to equal what you have achieved in weightlifting — to lift 240 pounds one-handed and to raise 1300 pounds with your calf muscles — would be a worthy achievement of a lifetime of practice. The fact that you have done it after only a year of participation in this sport is a miracle.

When we consider your other major achievements in music, poetry, literature and art, together with your important work for peace at the United Nations, it is beyond the imagination.

But we must remember that nothing is impossible if the Spirit is there. This we see in full measure in your life, for you embody and reveal the Spirit of man in your admirable accomplishments.

On behalf of Mrs. Rossides and myself, I want to offer you my sincere best wishes and love on this happy occasion.

Mr. Zenon Rossides

Ambassador of Cyprus to the United Nations

From:Sri Chinmoy,Body, heart and soul one-arm lift anniversary, 25-26 June 1986, Agni Press, 1986
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