Monat: Juni 2011

Oh to be an eagle
And swoop down from a peak
With the golden sunlight flashing
From the fierce hook of my beak.
‚Oh to be an eagle
And to terrify the sky
With the beat of wings like thunder
And a wild, barbaric cry.
‚Oh to be an eagle…but why keep dreaming?
I must learn to be myself,‘
Said the rubber duckling sadly
On its soapy bathroom shelf.

Shortly after his release Nelson Mandela was phoned with his congratulations by US President Bill Clinton. In the course of the conversation Clinton asked him, „Surely after such an experience of incarceration you must still feel some anger towards those who kept you in captivity?“ Mandela replied „No, I realised if I didn’t let go of my anger then those who imprisoned me would still be in control of a part of my life.“