Invictus

I saw Invictus last weekend and really liked it. I wish they had shown more rugby and it had moved a little quicker but I still enjoyed it. I have always found the story of Nelson Mandela to be very interesting. After being wrongfully imprisoned he still supported reconciliation and negotiation, and took the lead in moving toward a democracy with those of the race that forced him into 27 years in a cell. I know it is just a movie, and the lines are not necessarily fact, but Morgan Freeman, who played Nelson Mandela told Francois Pienaar, played by Matt Damon, "If I can not change when circumstances demand it, how can I expect it of others?" It is a message that many advocates of non-violence, Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and others have shared. Change starts with the individual and you can't expect the world to change if you can't. The world needs more men and women like this, who are willing to make a change for the good, and rather than talk about what changes can be made, go out and do it.

*Just a thought.