I think you are asking some very good questions. Unfortunately, I don't know the answers either. I do agree with the poster who said this is a good reason not to judge others.
What Makes You Who You Are?
by Decided 14 Replies latest jw friends
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ex-nj-jw
What gives you your heart condition?
I hate that phrase, it's just so JWish
Is it affected by your DNA, your childhood raising, your brain and the chemical balance, the way life has treated you, the culture you live in?
I personally think that all these things contribute to who each and every one of us are/will be/turn out to be. Things that happen in your life shape you as a person and ultimately as adults you have control over how you will let these things affect your life. As children we don't really have control over anything, but as adults we can choose to either let our past make or break us.
I could sit here and blame every bad thing that has happened to me on the JW's and the way I was raised. I dont' because I chose to break that cycle. I remember the bad things that happened to me in the past, or the things that I feel were wrong but I don't dwell on it, not anymore. There was a time in my life that I spent huge amounts of time and energy trying to prove to my mother that I was worthy of her love, then one day I realized that it would never happen. Once I came to that realization I moved on and I'm a happier person for that.
So, I wouldn't worry too much about the heart condition, unless you are concerned about heart disease. The heart is a pump a complex organ that keeps us alive, without it you die. It doesn't shape you in any way.
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asilentone
good thread! bookmarked!
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I should have said we are to be judged by our brain condition since the heart has nothing to do with our emotions. Well it sometimes beats faster if we get excited.
Ken P.
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ex-nj-jw
I should have said we are to be judged by our brain condition since the heart has nothing to do with our emotions. Well it sometimes beats faster if we get excited.