From: NEVILLE WILLIAMS
Subject: Re: CELEBRATE LIFE! - MATURE NATIONS MAKE THEIR OWN FUTURE
Date: 21 July 2025 at 9:24:40 am AEST
To: The Editor THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Cc: Opinion Editor THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
(COPY OF THIS CORRESPONDENCE PROVIDED TO
PENNY WONG - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Dear Editor,
MATURE NATIONS MAKE THEIR OWN FUTURE
Following my letter to the Herald Letters Editor yesterday may I add that mature nations make their own future.
I’m reminded of a line from the Gillian Armstrong Australian feature film “Starstruck” (1982). It goes like this…
"Know what happens if you don’t take a risk? NOTHING”.
But I believe that something does happen when you don’t take a risk.
Someone else makes the decision for you.
And in allowing that to happen we give away our own independence. We don’t grow.
Kind regards,
Neville Williams
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From: NEVILLE WILLIAMSSubject: CELEBRATE LIFE!Date: 19 July 2025 at 12:15:13 pm AESTTo: The Editor THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALDDear Editor,CELEBRATE LIFE!Perhaps I am naive or gullible or guileless. Whatever! But reading Peter Hartcher’s article (" 'Adolescent' nation coming of age" Sydney Morning Herald 19 July) made me wonder about the need for Australia doing more than making trade and talking about being buddies with China.Sure talking is an important part of the process of making connection but there’s got to be more commitment from both parties. Sadly with the human condition we all have a built in shadow that manufactures fear and anger and mistrust. Perhaps it is timely to make some real, genuine and practical action towards strengthening our connections. I mean we are all live human beings. Isn’t that worth celebrating?This celebration should not only be with China it should be with all our neighbours and beyond.We are living in a world deeply distracted presently by our own collective individual separation from ourselves.Isn’t it time for some reconnection with our world environment, each other but most importantly with ourselves?It is our distraction from what is truly important in us that is creating our own need to be more self aware.We do like a good party in Australia.Something original and highly creative please.We need to push our way though the doldrums and Celebrate life! It’s important.Kind regards,Neville Williams
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