It is often stated that we go through a transition of life: from the morning of our lives to the afternoon. This transition is either painful or blissful depending on our willingness to change. Life is filled with change and those willing to go with the natural flow of life change, they shall find bliss.

Do you feel a change coming in your own life? Is there fear of the unknown? It is acceptable to have fear, but unacceptable to allow it to control your thoughts. You are the master of your fate, you are the master of your dreams. It is time to make the shift…it is time for change.

Recently announced…Nelson Mandela, A.K.A Madiba, returns to his hometown of Qunu. After taking a “Long Walk” home, he officially retires from his position. From imprisonment to Nobel Peace Prize, Nelson Mandela quietly returns home as a young freedom fighter, he was imprisoned only to emerge as a peace giver. It was through his shift in life that he found the meaning of life…only he found it in a prison cell.

In honor of his “Long Walk” home, enjoy his favorite poem:

Invictus

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.

By
William Ernest Henley

Stepping into the Canvas as nothing. As nothing, we emerge as something, as something we find everything. In finding everything, we return to nothing. From nothing to nothing we return to our true self, filling the gap with Life or Death. We can choose to bow down to death or we can embrace Life to the fullest. Thank you Madiba for making a difference in this world…thank you for painting a beautiful picture within the Canvas.