Invictus

G and I went to see Avatar and it was sold out so we got to see Invictus which I wanted to see in the first. It's such an inspiring story. Nelson Mandela tries to unite the apartheid-torn land by trying to get the ruby team to with the Rugby World Cup in 1995. I did a little research on Nelson Mandela and he was such an incredible bold guy. He was the first to be elected as President in South Africa in a fully democratic election. He served 27 years in prison and came out and forgave his people and brought them together. I have a new respect for Rugby players because my goodness it looks like such a rough sport. My respect for Matt Damon as an actor has also increased because he's always amazing and he played his roll very well and was soo hot in this movie.

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.

-William Ernest Henley

This poem inspires me to be bold and courageous. It inspires me to make my own choices and determine my own destiny. I realize that we can make a difference and rise above whatever is bringing us down but we must choose to act and move on and endure to the end no matter the challenge that has been placed before me.