One of my favorite poems:

Here in this carpet lies an ever-lovely spring; Unscorched by summer's ardent flame, Safe too from autumn's boisterous gales, Midwinter's cruel ice and snow, 'Tis gaily blooming still. The handsome border is the garden wall Protecting, preserving the park within For refuge and renewal: a magic space. ~Unknown Sufi poet

Invictus

I got to watch this movie tonight with my family. And oh boy, was it amazing!

I lovelovelove Morgan Freeman and, personally, I thought he did a fantastic job as Nelson Mandela here. I loved the story and the idea that something as simple (for lack of a better word) as faith in one team, and faith in each other, can bring so many different people together.

"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."

"Invictus" ~William Ernest Henley

I was so moved by the whole movie. (And by the poem that Mandela kept referencing above.) But what can I say? I am a die-hard Clint Eastwood fan until the end... :).

I would definitely recommend this movie to all of you out there! I hope you all had a great day!!

xoxo

Kaitlyn

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