How Often Do You Come To JWD During A Day, Week or Month??? Hours or Mins?

by minimus 559 Replies latest jw friends

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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  When last we talked, it was TJ's words on truth. I now was reading some words by Scott M. Peck on "Children of the Lie":

  "Utterly dedicated to preserving their self-image of perfection, they [liars] are unceasingly engaged in the effort to maintain the appearance of moral purity. They are acutely sensitive to social norms and what others might think of them. They seem to live lives that are above reproach."

  What do you think so far, DD? There's more, but I gotta get goin' to music class. Talk more this evening.

  CoCo
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  free2think

  I check in everyday, I leave the board page on for most of the day, I am a JWD addict and I love it.

  free2think
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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  Back from music class. What was your afternoon like? Any thoughts on your new leather jacket? Back in B'lyn we used to repair old but valuable books and bind some in leather. Learned the entire process of carefully taking the old dear apart, separating signature after signature from the glue and threads. Some trimming, repairing of torn pages, then the resewing of the signatures in a loom sort of device. Very painstaking, but well worth the effort. I even had the "privilege," as we used to say, of cladding WT and AWAKE! bound volumes in leather for the Library of Congress. The main body in one color leather and triangulated corners in a different color. Tres swank! Maybe The Big House really did prepare me for my future after all - I know how to bind books! A lost art, I do suppose.......
  Here's moron the lie [Children of the Lie]:

  "The words "image," "appearance" and "outwardly' are crucial to understanding the morality of 'the evil.' While they may lack any motivation to be good, they intensely desire to appear good. Their goodness is all on a level of pretense. It is in effect a lie. Actually the lie is designed not so much to deceive others as to deceive themselves. We lie only when we are attempting to cover up something we know to be illicit. At one and the same time 'the evil' are aware of their evil and desperately trying to avoid the awareness. We become evil by attempting to hide from ourselves. The wickedness of 'the evil' is not committed directly, but indirectly as part of this cover-up process. Evil originates not in the absence of guilt but in the effort to escape it.
  "It often happens then that 'the evil' may be recognized by its [sic; their (?)] very disguise. Because they are such experts at disguise, it is seldom possible to pinpoint the maliciousness of 'the evil.' The disguise is usually inpenetrable."

  So, there you have it, DD. Jefferson on the durability of the TRUTH and Peck on the FRAGILITY of the lie. I really need to think about the contrasts b4 we discuss it further. Gotta finish dinner. Think about colors, OK, Dear Diary?
  www.jehovahs-witness.com/8/119331/1.ashx

  C...
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  Dino

  Wow, good question min.

  I used to live on this site especially back in the go-go years of JWD awhile back. I used to keep up with every poster while not posting much at all. The day I may make jedi will certainly be an accomplishment!

  Nowadays I notice posters that have 5000 posts under their belt and I dont even recognize their name.

  To answer your question, I come here about twice a week if that. I never log in either. I have my password written down so as not to forget it as I dont use it frequently enough to stay in my memory.

  I certainly havent cast off my ex-jw brethren, instead I have been consumed by a satisfying life. Whilst not having an advanced degree, I have risen to the position of CMO of a large company. My immediate family has come out of the spiritual North Korea called the WT and I spend most of my off hours enjoying them very much. Back in the early 90's I left a very good job to "reach out" again and be a good example of theocratic headship for my family. Makes me gag to this day. It took me years to get back career wise to where I was, but I am grateful to be where I am now.

  Dino
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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  I am back feeling so empty. Maybe it is merely fatigue. Nothing really is wrong, as Mr. Dean told the repressed Anglican nuns in "Black Narcissus." Actually, though, DD, they were suffering from from neurasthenia. Impaired functioning in their interpersonal relationships, fatique, depression, feelings of inadequacy.... I imagine if I were stuck in an old castle, at 9000 feet in the Himalayas, I too would be a tad off center. There is something in the air that makes everything seem exaggerated. Can you stop the mountains from being so close? Oh well, DD. No complaints, really. Just fell asleep during a movie and woke up feeling totally weirded out. Ah, Tchaikovsky on soon. Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra. Dealing with the turbulence of his failed marriage. I believe Peter Ilyich wished for "normalcy" when his inherent nature - his orientation - wouldn't allow for domesticity. You may not understand all these vagaries and complexities of humanity, Dear Diary, but, if perchance you ever do get out on your own, fall in love with a lovely loose-leaf lady, and have a family of little booklets, well then, you'll know how life truly is. Whether it's 3 sheets to the wind or settling down and letting someone turn your pages... life is full of exquisite pain.

  C...
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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  It is 2:00 a.m. and Tchaikovsky is on again. Ballet music. Missed the title. Wasn't him after all; a Grieg symphony? Am I hearing things? I thought, apart from the Piano Concerto in A Minor, all his pieces were miniatures? I am not awake, I am imagining that. Engelbert Humperdinck on now. Cannot recall title announcer gave. Brain not working at this wee hour. Lovely piece but foreign to me - will I be able to remain up long enough to catch its name, DD? Ou serais-je sans mon NPR? J'aime la belle musique des maitres! I will return, Dear Diary.

  C...
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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  I realize that I should be fixing a fresh pottacaffe, but wanted to wish you a bonjour. And that Humperdinck piece - the one new to me - was his "Elegy of Summer" from the "Moorish Rhapsody." When you think of EH you generally think of Hansel and Gretel. Can't even remember a single hit of the famous singer of my youth aka EH. Would any of your old friends have that info, DD, in some star-struck teenager's diary? Tom Jones era...wonder if Mouthy'd know.....Oh, "Please Release Me"...Now Dvorak's "Czech Suite" is on. By the way, DD, you know the story about the "Miracle Symphony" by Haydn, don't you? The chandelier dropping on all the seats in the concert hall - gottafix apotta ykw.......... News on - Louis "Scooter" Libby's trial, 'it's the cover-up, not the crime,' freight train derailment near IS 65, Louisville, KY. Saint-Saens' "Africa Suite" just appeared on the radio waves. Alotta Louis-es and sweet suites today......

  CoCo

  C...
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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  I was listening earlier to Maurice Ravel's "Pavane for a Dead Princess." Do you recall, DD, if the correct original title is "Pavane pour une infante defunte"? Will you be writing any of your "Cher Journal" friends soon? Please be sure to ask when you do. Have to go over some more research material before compiling and writing. Dentist today. Armaggedon very, very soon. Getting affairs in order. Why are my JWs not calling me?The only calls I ever get are from Schizo. Maybe today'll be my lucky day......Am re-reading Oliver Sack's THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT. I could use some friends from planet earth. Tea time, DD........ Back -soon.

  C...
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  compound complex

  Dear Diary,

  Sometimes I would like to say what's REALLY on my mind! But it's blank right now... except for M....'s letter to elderette. You go girl!!!!!!!!!! I hate how that brand of "LOVE," that I once was part of, is artificialness to the max. Remember one hour in the KH parking lot, after the sessions, trying tactfully to get the ardent new student to think very carefully about all the "wonderful" new things he was learning. In the guise of a loving, mature older man. Think he quit his study. Hated how everyone fawned over him........Gaggarama!!!

  C...
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  minimus

  DINO, great to see you here again. I wish you'd post here more often! Like CoCo.