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What about your JW past are you thankful for?
by nvrgnbk 61 Replies latest jw friends
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mathilde
The only thing I´m grateful for is that it made me stop smoking....
Mathilde
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DiscoSandy
I'm thankful for the handful of great friends that I had. Unfortunately I haven't seen or spoken to them in over 25 years, and have no idea if they are "in" or "out". But I often think of the great memories we had together just hanging out and having fun. I actually liked going to the assemblies, for the most part. It was a way to get out of the smallish town that I grew up in, meet people from other places, and stay in hotels with swimming pools. The public speaking experience was good - it's pretty easy for me to give presentations and talk to other people about just about anything.
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JK666
I have no fear now making cold calls in sales. Once you've had a gun pointed at you in FS, every thing else is a piece of cake! I never got pepper sprayed though.
JK
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momzcrazy
I got to travel alot as a kid. I'm also pretty good with a soldering iron ( my dad did sound at builds ). I have some great memories as a kid, some horrible ones. But all of them shaped who I am now. CRAZY
momzcrazy
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Homerovah the Almighty
Lots of restful sleep at the kingdom halls and conventions
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sweetstuff
The only thing I am thankful for, and I will probably get $hit for saying this, it did teach me that material things in life don't mean much. That a person's quality of life isn't dependant on what they have. Probably the only positive point I can think of. The list of what I am not thankful for, is a hell of alot longer. LOL
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Honesty
What about your JW past are you thankful for?
The ability to recognise deep Bulls*#t when I see or hear it.
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Dagney
Still thinking. (I'm not kidding.)
I know what you mean, and I've tried to do this myself several times in trying to reconcile the years and giving my most valuable things to the cult. I am just not there yet, maybe someday. Although I don't get as sick to my stomach anymore when I think about it, now it is just still very sad to me.
With that being said, I practice gratitude, and feel grateful and happy every day. And I am mostly grateful I am out, and I didn't sit on the fence for years only to face the difficult decision eventually. I am thankful I am years into my journey and have developed the confidence to face the numerous JW's I see regularly. I am grateful the tough part is way behind me.
I believe the good personal skills I have I know I would have acquired anyway, if anything, my personal growth was definitely held back by being a JW.
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stillajwexelder
Training on the Theocratic Ministry School
The motivation to quit smoking