I just finished watching the movie Invictus<\/em><\/a><\/em>. It is incredibly inspirational, and so let me just share the poem by William Ernest Henley that inspired Nelson Mandela in prison, and which gives its name to the movie.<\/p>\n\u201cInvictus\u201d by William Ernest Henley<\/a><\/p>\nOut\u00a0of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. <\/p>\nBeyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find, me unafraid. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cInvictus\u201d by William Ernest Henley<\/a><\/p>\nOut\u00a0of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. <\/p>\nBeyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find, me unafraid. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Out\u00a0of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. <\/p>\nBeyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find, me unafraid. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. <\/p>\n
Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the yearsFinds, and shall find, me unafraid. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/em>. It is incredibly inspirational, and so let me just share the poem by William Ernest Henley that inspired Nelson Mandela in prison, and which gives its name to the movie.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-6442896107430592940?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")
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