tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post8172520428933796177..comments2023-06-10T22:42:19.087+10:00Comments on Australasian Christian Writers: Giving Life AwayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-90243615609377110862017-07-05T17:45:25.638+10:002017-07-05T17:45:25.638+10:00Thanks Iola. It's a great privilege to be aske...Thanks Iola. It's a great privilege to be asked to speak into a young person's life. Layla is the youngest of my grandchildren and a great blessing to me as the others have been. I love the idea of blessing her in return. Carol Preston https://www.blogger.com/profile/00306981583283008014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-11325229150875004072017-07-05T17:41:57.276+10:002017-07-05T17:41:57.276+10:00Thanks Ian. I agree sometimes younger ones don'...Thanks Ian. I agree sometimes younger ones don't seem to want our advice but I believe it will become valuable to them as time goes on. Carol Preston https://www.blogger.com/profile/00306981583283008014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-9035043873158012362017-07-05T17:40:24.090+10:002017-07-05T17:40:24.090+10:00Yes I've been feeling very much a 'senior&...Yes I've been feeling very much a 'senior' this last couple of months Jo-Anne but it's great to hear that our writing lasts beyond us and can go on impacting readers for many years. Carol Preston https://www.blogger.com/profile/00306981583283008014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-87080048055196465982017-07-05T17:38:07.696+10:002017-07-05T17:38:07.696+10:00Yes Jeanette. The idea of our writing being an opp...Yes Jeanette. The idea of our writing being an opportunity to give away something of ourselves has been very powerful for me. Carol Preston https://www.blogger.com/profile/00306981583283008014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-67111463840466917222017-07-05T17:36:37.484+10:002017-07-05T17:36:37.484+10:00Thanks Cindy. Enjoy your walk (run). I think when ...Thanks Cindy. Enjoy your walk (run). I think when I'm able to do that again I will be very grateful and thankful for health Carol Preston https://www.blogger.com/profile/00306981583283008014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-79362052921740055892017-07-05T14:24:40.758+10:002017-07-05T14:24:40.758+10:00I'm sure your granddaughter will appreciate th...I'm sure your granddaughter will appreciate the love, thought, and prayer you've put into this letter in the years to come.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your experience - and I'll do my best to learn from your mistake! Iolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199141868703826943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-55708207624206434172017-07-05T09:18:53.292+10:002017-07-05T09:18:53.292+10:00Carol, wonderful thoughts, thank you. I'm so s...Carol, wonderful thoughts, thank you. I'm so sorry to read you've had such a painful experience and am pleased to see you are on the mend. <br /><br />Like Jo-Anne, that comment: 'All that will be left of us when we die is what we've given away.' is very powerful. Often we find with our own children that we wonder if they want to "hear our wisdom" and in the present they may not. But I'm finding it often plants a seed in their hearts that eventually buds and even blooms when either of us are least expecting it.Ian Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00192687613923596829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-31197525527535511322017-07-05T08:48:52.289+10:002017-07-05T08:48:52.289+10:00Thanks for sharing those hard lessons you learnt r...Thanks for sharing those hard lessons you learnt recently, Carol--although I'm really sorry to hear about what you did to yourself on that walk on Lord Howe. I loved the quote from the sermon, but I also value that last line you wrote at the end of that paragraph: 'All that will be left of us when we die is what we've given away.' Very thought provoking. <br /><br />And I agree it's so important to pass on life's lessons to others, both face to face and via our writing. What a privilege we have to do this as authors! About a month ago, I received a letter from a young mum I have never met who had found some of my novels in her church library. She was new to Christian fiction and my first novel 'Helena' had particularly impacted her re holding onto her faith. Now that novel was published ten years ago--so it was wonderful to hear it is still bearing fruit and passing on those lessons we have learnt to the next generation. Jo-Anne Berthelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09775045057529728396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-21807531282299088742017-07-05T08:47:03.797+10:002017-07-05T08:47:03.797+10:00I love that thought. 'All that is left of us w...I love that thought. 'All that is left of us when we die is what we have given away' and how that is tied into writing as a way of giving. And it runs counter to the zeitgeist of our time which suggests life is all about accumulating stuff. Thanks Carol. Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-19018117338327633822017-07-05T07:32:31.573+10:002017-07-05T07:32:31.573+10:00Thank you Carol for this encouragement to share ou...Thank you Carol for this encouragement to share our experiences - and the reminder that sometimes our brains want to do more than our body can handle. I too have learned that lesson the hard way! Now I am off to do a quick run... oops, I mean walk!Cindy Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16633543006741998470noreply@blogger.com