![]() Eliot Ted Kooser Terry Tempest Williams The Avett Brothers Tolkien W. Salinger Jack Gilbert Jack Kerouac Jane Hirshfield Jane Kenyon Jim Harrison Kevin Young Kim Addonizio Kim Dower life Linda Pastan Lisel Mueller Louise Glück Love Lyrics Margaret Atwood Marie Howe Mark Strand Mary Oliver Mother Naomi Shihab Nye Neil Gaiman Pablo Neruda Peace Philip Seymour Hoffman poetry Rainer Maria Rilke Rattle Ray Bradbury Raymond Carver Reader Favorite Reader Recommended Reading Repost Richard Jackson Richard Siken Robert Bly Robert Frost Ronald Koertge Ross Gay Rumi Sarah Kay Seamus Heaney slam poetry spring stardust Stephen Dunn Summer Sylvia Plath T.S. cummings Edward Hirsch Ellen Bass Emily Dickinson Faith Shearin Galway Kinnell Garrison Keillor Glen Hansard Gratitude grief J.D. It goes against the idea that I get to be completely self-sufficient no matter what others think or do.Join 4,928 other subscribers Care to read through the archives? Care to read through the archives? Categories Categories Random Authors and Topics Alice Walker Ali Shapiro Anaïs Nin Andrea Gibson Anne Sexton Annie Dillard Billy Collins Brian Dean Powers Caitlyn Siehl Cats Charles Bukowski Cheryl Strayed Clementine von Radics Compassion czeslaw milosz Dana Gioia David Foster Wallace David Levithan David Shumate David Whyte death Dennis O'Driscoll depression dogs Dorianne Laux e.e. I know this goes against what the world preaches to us on a regular basis. Why? Because being in the center of God’s will, under his authority and rule, and his loving care is what we were created for. This theocentric idea is the key to living life to the fullest. God is the captain of all souls – “The LORD brings death and makes alive he brings down to the grave and raises up” (1 Samuel 2:6). God is the giver of fate – “I charge you in the presence of of God who gives life to all things… ” (1 Timothy 6:13). Though we can certainly strive, and should strive, toward being better at what we do, loving others well, seeking to improve in life, we must also realize that life is not ours to keep or to give. There is just one problem with the assertion that I get to determine my destiny…death! ![]() That folks is called the doctrine of Free Will, which asserts that not even God would force us to make decisions that are outside the realm of our personal choice. We can also safely assert that no one else makes decisions on our behalf. We can safely assert that the decisions we make lead to certain predictable outcomes. Those who walk through the straight, or narrow, gate will ultimately find eternal life, while those who choose the broad, or wide, gate will be led to final destruction.Ī short reflection on the juxtaposition of Jesus’ words and Henley’s then leads to one question…”Am I really the master of my own fate, and the captain of my soul?” At a certain level, yes. In the context of the Gospel of Matthew, Christ is referring to ultimate eternal fate. ![]() Though Henley thanks “whatever gods may be” in his despair, his coined phrase is now used to appeal to one particular God: the self! Ironically, however, the first line of the 4th stanza of his poem “It matters not how strait the gate” appears to have been borrowed from Matthew 7:14, from Jesus’ sermon on the Mount. Refresh the page, check Medium ’s site status. It is easy to see how the narrative of self-sufficiency, self-reliance, and self-adulation appeals to postmodern culture. ‘I am the captain of my ship and the master of my fate’ by Mira TED Takeaways Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Today, the famous line from his poem has been interlaced with postmodern thought as a new “mantra” for those who espouse the anthropocentric view that we are in control over our lives no matter what. Ssociallygrey: Self harm I am not the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul, as William Ernest Henley wrote, but for those who self-harm, it can feel. Henley decided not to heed the medical advice given to him and sought the help of a renown english surgeon by the name of Joseph Lister who was able to save his leg from being amputated! While in recovery Henley wrote his poem as a testament to remaining resolute in the midst of adversity and trials. Henley wrote these now famous words while he received news his left leg might have had to be amputated due to complications from tuberculosis. William Ernest Henley, an English poet who lived in the 1800s crafted a small poem with the famous quip, “I am the master of my fate captain of my soul.” This phrase is the last stanza of his famous poem known as Invictus:įor my unconquerable soul.
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