Dismiss the Insults to Your Soul

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown, or to any man or number of men; go freely with the powerful uneducated persons, and with the young, and mothers, of families: read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life: re-examine all you have been told at school or church, or in any books, and dismiss whatever insults your soul.

 Walt Whitman

The Tenth Man by Graham Greene

I found this old masterpiece on Netflix this weekend and it’s one very thought provoking story. For myself, any movie that causes me to think about it and want to talk about it long beyond the viewing is worth my vote and recommendation.  Additionally, it stars Anthony Hopkins who can be so captivating. 

Stories like this one always make us think of what we’d do in the same dire situation – buy our way to “life”? or choose another path? Then comes the issue of living with our choice – check out this story and see what you think. It always comes back to those Personal Strengths we talk about.

Based on a Graham Greene novel, I give you this introduction to the story based on a review of the novel by Dan Haggard.

 “There is an old clichéd maxim that the truth will set you free. No doubt you know it. But if you reflect on it a little while, its meaning can often feel elusive. In what way free? Graham Greene’s novel The Tenth Man is about as fine an answer to that question as has ever been provided. Terse in length, yet rich in theme and symbolism – the novel delves deep into the hideous nature of anxiety borne of deceit, lies and deception. Entwined in this mesh is a story about courage and sacrifice. The two themes wrap around each other, providing a greater intensity to the plot than would have been achieved singularly.”

Learn more about the story by reading the rest of the review here….

This is a movie worth searching out.