Freedom

What does freedom mean to you?

The best way to explain what freedom means to me is the poem that Nelson Mandela recited daily when he was a prisoner in South Africa . He fought his whole life for freedom of mind and soul. Freedom is captured by this poem………

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.

Great words. It is so important to have freedom of speech and mind. To be able to express an opinion. Never take freedom for granted.