by Clam 7 Replies latest jw friends
When in "the truth" did you often have problems with motivation? Did you ever turn to motivational aids such as Neuro Linguistic Programming? Or were you solely motivated by the prize of everlasting life and the regular dose of Watchtower and Awake?
Are you more motivated now? If you lose motivation how do you get it back?
I used alcohol and prescription meds to get motivated.
That all changed when I bailed out of the doomed Watchtower flight to hell.
For most of the time, I kept my eyes on the prize of everlasting life, and that was enough motivation for me, just about.
Nowadays the plans I have for my future in this life motivate me.
Had I been interested in Neuro Linguistic Programming while still in "the truth", I may have been motivated to leave earlier than I did.
Right now I need to be motivated to turn off my computer. It's late and I need to get up early for work. Hmmm!
'nite
penny2
Fear of god and being in the group motivated me. I liked the group things.
S
I guess I wasnt in all the way. I had so called worldly friends that no way was I going to give up. My worldly friends morals were higher than the JWS. I also watched bewitched on TV. There were so many things that they kept secret from me. I knew nothing about the blood or disfellowshipping. This was before 1975. So when that prophecy was wrong I did go to meetings anyway because I made a lot of friends I liked. Then I moved 90 miles away so I dropped out but never told my old friends. So I would go visit them and never talked about anything about religion. Whats I kept that up with one JW friend til a couple years ago when I called her and forgot and started talking about a birthday party my friends gave me. The next time I called her she said the elders told her not to talk to me any more. She never knew I left in 1978. So then I sent her info on the UN and just recently I sent her all about the molestation of children. I printed instead of writing and no return address I hope she opens it and reads it. Back in the 70's we used to talk about where is the love and is this really God's people. we had doubts but shes hung in there all these years. Go figure
I am sorry I sure got off the topic. I got motivated by Calvary Chapel churchs . They really teach the bible and chapter by chapter verse by verse. I have a close personel relationship with Jesus Christ. I got baptized with them to erase the JW one . Made me feel a lot better
Are you more motivated now? If you lose motivation how do you get it back?
Motivated to do what? I have little motavation today. I go to work sleep get up go to the gym eat sleep go to work. Thats my life. Kind of like a rut. Oh yeah and post on here. I guess I am looking how to get my motavation back. But what am I to be motivated about. Certainly not religion, not for me.
