I AM THE MASTER OF MY FATE:

I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL.

Those two powerful lines are from the poem, INVICTUS, by William Ernest Henley. You may have seen the movie. When I committed to writing my first book I knew I had to expand my knowledge of many things. I needed to understand more about human behavior, character, self-discipline, and what the early philosophers taught. I knew I wanted to write smartly. I wanted to say the sky is blue without writing, the sky was blue. I turned to poetry, and I discovered it is way more than just; Roses are red.

INVICTUS speaks to the power of courage and the human spirit. The resilience of the human spirit in the face of extreme personal torment. I also take it as a reminder that we are all in-charge of our own lives. Today’s world is constantly telling us how to act, how to look, what to say, what not to say. Don’t surrender your fate, or your soul to anyone else. Do good in the world, but don’t be one in the herd.