Tuesday, March 18, 2014

When one thinks Invictus, one thinks Nelson Mandela

People with indomitable spirit...

The poem by William Ernest Henley reads:

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.

Launching the Invictus Games for injured soldiers at Olympic Par, Prince Harry ays he hopes championship modelled on US Warrior Games will stop soldiers being forgotten as Afghan war ends.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/06/prince-harry-invictus-games-injured-troops-olympic-park