sesh

I don't know if any of you have seen the movie Invictus, I wached it last night and just wanted to share.
There is a great lesson about forgivness in the movie, I found it so inspirational.

And also there was a poem there, by W.E. Henley, I'd like to share with you


Invictus


Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

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.

freefalling

Yep. Proud Madiba( Nelson Mandela) fan here. What an example of forgiving and letting go by him.

posiesperson

I LOVED that movie, the reason for the title, and the poem. I thought Morgan Freeman did a fabulous job of portraying his dear friend in real life, Nelson Mandela. When I went to South Africa over 3 years ago I was profoundly touched by the people, the scenery and the spirit of transformation even through all of the difficulties of it. Amazing.

THANK YOU for posting this poem. It fits right in with the forgiveness I'm nurturing as I start the 4th step in Alanon.

With gratitude,
posie