“…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.”

This photo of a stately redwood tree is dedicated to Nelson Mandela — whose majestic life conquered injustice and hardship.
(verse, excerpt of the poem “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley)
Photo sent by Myra Lambino, shot at the Sequoia national forest