Reflection on The Power of One
Recently I've been listening to an audio book which is a collection of reflections from Bryce Courtenay called The Silver Moon: reflections on life, death and writing. As the title implies this a thoughtful reflection on his varied life, his career in advertising and of course his writing. I thoroughly recommend it. (Bolinda Audio read by Humphrey Bower). He recalls how very early in his life he discovered the idea of "the power of one". This is the power each of us has to make choices in life, to not be dictated to by circumstance, but to use "the power of one" to make important life changes. He gave his first novel the title The Power of One and he has also clearly lived according to this premise. It challenged me to consider this approach to life, to think about this idea in a larger and perhaps more personally reflective way myself. How we each have that ability to make choices; we each have the ability to live in a way that is not dictated by circumsta...