HOW TO INSPIRE GREATNESS?
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0.000 HBDHOW TO INSPIRE GREATNESS?
<html> <p><strong>"INVICTUS"</strong></p> <p><strong>Dedicated to everyone who is the captain of the soul </strong></p> <p>“Invictus” is Latin word for “unconquerable.” It is also the name of the poem written by British poet William Ernest Henley and the name of the movie produced and directed by Clint Eastwood. Both these pieces of art are the inspiration to greatness. </p> <p> The same as the message of the poem, the message of the movie is that our respond to challenges in life should be unconquerable spirit. </p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAa6qdBN7Z0</p> <p> <br> The poet himself had such an unconquerable spirit. In the age of 12 he has got tuberculosis in the bone. He had to have his leg amputated to the knee, but he didn’t follow the advice of doctors to amputate the other leg in order to survive. By doing that he has proven to be the captain of his soul who was having active life of a poet and literary critic, with his poem as life guidance. </p> <p><strong> “Invictus” by Clint Eastwood</strong></p> <p> <br> This inspiring poem has moved many and has got its glorious presentation in this movie produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and released in 2009, playing the role of Nelson Mandela by Morgan Freeman and the role of the captain of national rugby team, Springbok, by Matt Damon.<br> </p> <p>It is a noble, compassionate and moving story about that how Nelson Mandela turned the national rugby Springbok into a unifying force that helped people of his country to overcome their wounds of apartheid.<br> </p> <p>After he has been released from prison on Robben Island, in 1990, the main work of Nelson Mandela was to bring apartheid to the end. When he was elected for the President of South Africa, his whole work was dedicated to unify his country which was still deeply suffering from apartheid damages. As a harmonizing bridge for two extreme opposites, fear of white and growing aspirations of black, he saw Springboks, the rugby national team.<br> </p> <p>Introducing a Victorian poem Invictus, written by William Ernest Henley, to the captain of Springbok, François Pienaar, he inspired his greatness teaching him to spread the same spirit within his team by telling him how he was inspired with the same spirit of that poem during the challenging time in prison.<br> In this moving and inspiring scene Nelson Mandela says to him: </p> <p><em><strong> “How do we inspire our self to greatness when nothing less will do? How do we inspire everyone around us? I sometimes think it is by using the work of others. On Robben Island, when things got very bad, I found inspiration in the Victorian poem…just words, but they helped me to stand when all I wanted to do was to lie down.” </strong></em></p> <p><em>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKJ4R99VCo</em></p> <p> <br> Both great artists, Henley and Eastwood, in two different fields of art, literature and cinematography and in two different periods of time have pointed out the way to greatness. Transcending fear and having goal higher than personal life transform our soul into the powerful force capable to change dreams into reality.<br> </p> <p>Both the poem and the movie inspired me too. I do hope that those of you who will visit this place here will be inspired too. This is my wish for today.</p> <p><strong>Thank you for your time and attention!</strong><br> <em><strong> </strong></em></p> </html>