Gwen harwoods Father and Child

A wise man once mused; '"'Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one
thinks of changing himself.'"' This man, was Count Leo Tolstoy, who went on
to change his belief structure, values and to convert his religion from
Russian Orthodox to Christianity.

A couple of days ago I was cleaning out my now unused study – recently I
have been finding other places to write, my bed, the bathroom, even in the
bath, as the portability of the laptop proves very convenient – and I
stumbled upon a book, well read, yet discarded in my 'old age'. Gwen
Harwood"'"s collection of poems was now sitting in my hand, and after five
minutes of staring blankly at the book I opened it and flicked through the
pages.

If I had remembered rightly her poems said much about the changing self,
concluding that change developed and enriched the soul. It started me
thinking about change and how ma...