tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post3992944996873005393..comments2024-03-29T16:23:14.210+11:00Comments on Elephant's Child: Out of the Shadows, Into the LightElephant's Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-79643681579452451742012-10-03T16:00:29.087+10:002012-10-03T16:00:29.087+10:00Don QuiScottie: Thank you - it was a beautiful wa...Don QuiScottie: Thank you - it was a beautiful walk for a cause I wholeheartedly support.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-58360781015672409242012-10-03T07:28:43.780+10:002012-10-03T07:28:43.780+10:00Nice photos. Good work. Thanks.Nice photos. Good work. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-43844840810173777372012-09-29T07:53:06.349+10:002012-09-29T07:53:06.349+10:00Flea: Welcome and thank you.Flea: Welcome and thank you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-74672217143992521912012-09-29T00:16:33.096+10:002012-09-29T00:16:33.096+10:00HI, I found you via a friend's.
I like your p...HI, I found you via a friend's. <br />I like your photos! <br />Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277854645434859624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-61402090001421387402012-09-19T13:37:00.010+10:002012-09-19T13:37:00.010+10:00Pia K: Oh yes, too often sadness and waste. Hear...Pia K: Oh yes, too often sadness and waste. Heart hurting.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-4935103657190010222012-09-19T08:08:22.839+10:002012-09-19T08:08:22.839+10:00it certainly is something terribly terribly wrong ...it certainly is something terribly terribly wrong with this world when so many people choose to end their life that way... and of course, there are situations where that solution may be a relief and the options not, but in so many cases it's just pure sadness and waste. ah, the human race...Pia Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519694952785489099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-64689212543612251232012-09-14T09:00:44.583+10:002012-09-14T09:00:44.583+10:00Loz: Welcome and thank you. I took the photos as...Loz: Welcome and thank you. I took the photos as I ambled round the lake - the symbolism came from the time of the day and the beauty surrounding me.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-45193944021136535062012-09-14T07:56:05.892+10:002012-09-14T07:56:05.892+10:00So great that you volunteer at lifeline, such a va...So great that you volunteer at lifeline, such a valuable resource. I love your photos as well, so symbolic.<br /><br />Loz xLozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887197213317764036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-59153532882263904062012-09-14T07:31:03.455+10:002012-09-14T07:31:03.455+10:00Deenwise aka Denyse Whelan: Thank you. The anony...Deenwise aka Denyse Whelan: Thank you. The anonymity of Lifeline calls is a very big positive. So many of our callers are not ready or not able to share their pain with people closer to them.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-46888547773004642722012-09-14T07:28:52.109+10:002012-09-14T07:28:52.109+10:00Jane @Hesitant Housewife: It is a beautiful idea,...Jane @Hesitant Housewife: It is a beautiful idea, and it was a beautiful supportive walk. Thank you.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-75425920885298302762012-09-13T17:40:19.367+10:002012-09-13T17:40:19.367+10:00Hi EC, Thank you so much for your words of kindnes...Hi EC, Thank you so much for your words of kindness over at my blog too. I have waited till RUOK day to pop into the everyone on the linky for the day.<br />I love that walk you took, and the photos. My camera is one of the ways I meditate.<br />Thank you for the lifeline volunteering you do. Many need to know of this service, and that there a kind strangers there to help.<br />Warm wishes<br />DenyseDenyse Whelan.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16888810644186418559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-54845672996246054162012-09-13T14:36:22.185+10:002012-09-13T14:36:22.185+10:00What a beautiful idea the walk is, thank you for s...What a beautiful idea the walk is, thank you for sharing your photos. And thank you for the work you do with Lifeline, such an important cause. xx Jane @Hesitant Housewifehttp://hesitanthousewife.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-64667932862881161272012-09-13T12:14:20.339+10:002012-09-13T12:14:20.339+10:00Seana Smith: Welcome and thank you. Listening so...Seana Smith: Welcome and thank you. Listening sounds so easy - and can be so hard to do. Not interjecting, not problem solving, just listening. Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-67195458471465140732012-09-13T12:13:02.615+10:002012-09-13T12:13:02.615+10:00Kim @ Stuff: Thank you - I really hope that this ...Kim @ Stuff: Thank you - I really hope that this initiative, and others like it encourage people to reach out - to be helped and to help.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-42674190892698043902012-09-13T05:49:46.735+10:002012-09-13T05:49:46.735+10:00Thank goodness for Lifeline and volunteers like yo...Thank goodness for Lifeline and volunteers like you. Two friends of mine have trained with Lifeline and have the most wonderful listening skills. Am lucky to know them. And the walk you did sounded wonderful. Thank you for writing. Seana Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-60593927011074357262012-09-13T00:33:53.457+10:002012-09-13T00:33:53.457+10:00I did not know the info about suicide...Thanks for...I did not know the info about suicide...Thanks for sharing it. I think it will get out of the darknessKim@stuffcould....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03566751822418137457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-2852311852209195722012-09-12T15:23:27.077+10:002012-09-12T15:23:27.077+10:00Dee: I find it distressing when I discover how ma...Dee: I find it distressing when I discover how many of the people who are important to me (you included) have been in that place. I certainly was as well. Which is probably the reasson I chose this form of community support rather than any of the others.<br />No need to bow. I hope we can walk together.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-64452875495472129312012-09-12T15:20:55.942+10:002012-09-12T15:20:55.942+10:00Deb: Amaze you? Some day you will have to tell m...Deb: Amaze you? Some day you will have to tell me how/why. I think that part of the reason I am so committed to offering this support is that I have (and probably will again) wavered on the edge myself. It is a hard, dark and lonely place to be.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-39000311678973886132012-09-12T09:24:51.776+10:002012-09-12T09:24:51.776+10:00Dear EC, this is so important. This helping others...Dear EC, this is so important. This helping others to walk out of darkness into light. I was suicidal for about ten years. During part of that time I actively sought to take my own life and doing much of the time I was passively suicidal, mired in depression and missing the beauty of the day. I so admire you for volunteering to be on the phones to help those who call you in desperation and despair. That is a life-giving work. I bow before you. Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-77352326028718435192012-09-12T04:59:58.885+10:002012-09-12T04:59:58.885+10:00You never cease to amaze me. It's so important...You never cease to amaze me. It's so important to have people out there like yourself who help others who are struggling with life. So, from my heart, I thank you. I was in that dark place quite a few times. During a very low point in my life, after I had gotten out of it, I made this video: http://youtu.be/csj0bVRwsYE If you read some of the comments on that video, it's absolutely heartbreaking to say the least. You're one of those rare people who care. {{hugs}}Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986475569600734742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-37049423696661578912012-09-11T21:37:50.807+10:002012-09-11T21:37:50.807+10:00J Cosmo Newbery: I have been on the phones for a ...J Cosmo Newbery: I have been on the phones for a little over fourteen and a half years now. Some days it feels like forever, and on others it seems brand new. Always a challenge, almost always rewarding.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-26009550738671287662012-09-11T21:36:14.341+10:002012-09-11T21:36:14.341+10:00the cuby poet: The Samaritans are I think your eq...the cuby poet: The Samaritans are I think your equivalent of Lifeline. I am sorry for your friends' losses. Words seem inadequate. Words are inadequate.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-8021299765266473972012-09-11T21:34:09.258+10:002012-09-11T21:34:09.258+10:00So true. A great cause. I used to be a LL teleph...So true. A great cause. I used to be a LL telephone counsellor but, for a variety of reasons that were very good at the time, stopped.J Cosmo Newberyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04459976320205444628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-43476259808664928362012-09-11T20:49:33.833+10:002012-09-11T20:49:33.833+10:00This is such a great idea and such a very necessar...This is such a great idea and such a very necessary service. I have three friends whose sons tried to finish their own lives much too young, all in their early twenties, two achieved their goal and one was found in time and now gets help. There is the SAMARITANS over here, UK, which are always at the end of the 'phone line. This is talked about more but still not enough. Great that you volunteer.Cubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12925180435458519715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516733121956849207.post-35040889397879932652012-09-11T15:22:11.237+10:002012-09-11T15:22:11.237+10:00jenny_o: I think it is something which needs a gr...jenny_o: I think it is something which needs a great deal more attention/support/funding. In the meantime there are organisations doing what they can, but it is a little like plugging the hole in the dyke wall with a finger.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com