Have you come to grips with your mortality? Do Jw's ever? (page 2)

tika

I think that is why my JW MIL acts like such a PITA, she is starting to see Armegeddon my not make it here before she dies so she is trying to crawl up our behinds and make up for all the time she has wasted running around to meetings and door to door instead of spending time with her children. Now me and my SIL have to deal with her guilt and I don't think that's FAIR! (sorry very annoyed today with the IL situation, haha!)

MissingLink

Tika - have you come to terms with your MIL's mortality?

nomoreguilt

After 40 years as a jw life is very sweet. I enjoy it to the fullest with the least amount of guilt that I can muster. I live each day to better myself and share as much kindness with my fellow man. Life is too short to continually condemn another man for his beliefs or lack there of. Don't look at me crosseyed, I had enough of that as a jw. Live and let live, and when the day comes that my life's journey comes to an end, I will be at peace with myself.

NMG

Honesty

Buuuuuu Buuuuu Buuuut

The end was supposed to be here before I got old.

40 years ago, they told us it would only be a matter of months.

No, the JW's never come to grips that all of us are going to DIE.

Their Faithless Diseased Slavers tell them that Hebrews 9:27 doesn't mean what it says.

changeling

I firmly believe my mom became a witness because she was told she would not grow old and die.

She is now 84 and her life sucks, or so she thinks. She can't stand to look in the mirror because she no longer looks like she did at 25 (despite the fact that she is one of the most beautiful 84 year old women ever). When asked "how are you", she always answers: "good enough" with a wistful voice (despite that fact she is in excellent health for her age).

He crazy beliefs and her endless and futile pursuit of "perfection" have ruined her life.

I will NOT let that happen to me. I embrace each day with joy and enthusiasm and will continue to grow, learn and thrive till my dying breath.

So yes, I HAVE come to terms with my mortality. I love life and I will enjoy it regardless of my age, and when it's over, it's over, "that's all she wrote".

changeling

Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

Yes. Sometimes I feel like I must hurry now to do 'life' things: babies, career, etc. My parents must think their life in this system sucks, because it keeps going on and on. . .they are afraid to die. They must be disappointed that the end hasn't come yet, they thought they'd be 'livin forever' by now!!!

compound complex

Hi Jeff,

I'm OK with it. As others have said, live this life to the full. My JW friends and family say, in effect, the new system is coming, but they demonstrate that they are living and planning for life in this system. What I said is difficult to qualify and quantify with real precision as we all tend to vacillate on beliefs and what activity they precipitate. I still waver.

I think some of my JWs are secretly scared and angry, especially those approaching retirement age and see no genuine prospect of a cushy retirement.

But I'm all right with the reality, and, if there really is something beyond, well ...

CoCo

HappyDad

I have within the past year or so. I never had a mid-life crisis (at least I don't think I did). Turning 30.......40.......50......didn't bother me too much. But turning 60 really jolted me. Now I really have to watch my thinking because so many times I wonder how many good years do I have left?

My feelings are still in line with the adage that.......age is just a number.......and........your're only as old as you feel.That's why I limit my time looking into the mirror.

My health is still reasonable though I really need to lose weight. I'm going to be 61 at the end of January and there is still so much that I want to do.

You get to a certain point that you can laugh at the idea of not buying green bananas because you might be gone before they can be eaten!

I got my first tattoo this past May and I wonder if it was some sub-conscious idea that made me get this one called "End Of The Trail." Sometimes I just feel that I'm done but I'm really not. As I said, there is still a lot that I want to do. I'm planning on another trip the the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence seaway this coming summer and camp, just like I did this past July.

Like someone said.........we have to live our lives to the fullest.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/135081/1.ashx

HappyDad

moshe

The grim reaper is coming for us all- JW's think they will avoid dying, but I know better.

Abandoned

Have you come to grips with your mortality?

Yes. I don't fear death. I don't fear meeting someone on the other end and answering for my decisions and I don't fear there being no one to meet. I don't really care if there's anything else or not. Me caring one way or the other doesn't change reality one iota. There either is or there isn't and what I think about the subject is irrelevent.

Do Jw's ever?

Actually, I think JW are probably pretty at ease when they die. Dying faithful means they get the reward. I think they are more worried about armageddon coming while they are still hiding cigarettes, listening to satan's music, or watching R rated movies. Dying though, they don't have to worry. Even if they weren't doing everything right, at least they have that old resurrection of the unrighteous to look forward to.

Have you come to grips with your mortality? Do Jw's ever?

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