You Are The Captain Of Your Soul!

Invictus

BY WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY

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.

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No matter how trying or how arduous the obstacles or how turbulent the waters are, you have the strength within to steer your ship to the places you've envisioned and beyond.  Life doesn't have to create all the lyrics to your song, but when you're done here, make sure the undertone of those lyrics are "You came, you saw, you fought and conquered all of which you desired within".

Best,

SM