Has anybody noticed how many charities now advertise on the T.V commercials? The images of starving kids, badly treated animals ect ect.
Does anybody have any thoughts on how genuine and sincere these charities are.
My Life outside the Watchtower....ugggggg
by new hope and happiness 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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tornapart
Last year I went on holiday to an area where I couldn't get internet, tv was in another language so I just read books and enjoyed the nature. I was amazed by how totally freeing it was. When I came back home I couldn't believe the stuff that had occurred in our country/worldwide that I had no idea about while I was away and I realised that it didn't really matter!
If one day it happens that things get bad, so be it but why worry about things that haven't happened yet. We can't change them anyway. Perhaps we can do what we can in our own small way, maybe give something to charity but on a big scale we can't, so why fret?
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ABibleStudent
Hi new hope and happiness, In time you will learn to develop your own way of filtering out things that you cannot fix or do not directly affect you. It is better to be able to critically think for yourself to make those decisions rather than depend on others to make those decisions for you like the WTBTS wants to do for all JWs.
Best of wishes helping to awaken more JWs.
Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,
Robert
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new hope and happiness
thanks Abible student. I think its wonderful to be free from the W.T.but my ability to share in words my thoughts is difficult .
But i dont get depressed and i dont take drugs and i dont, get too EXCITED . So call me silly but i thonk ( think) that you are right, we depenmd on ourselfs and those in our close circle for knowledge not people who write books of wizdom. ( i mean wisdom)
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wasblind
I noticed upon my return to a daily diet of "news" that my stress levels went up !___Phizzy
Yep. I cut back on the cable news networks , stick to mostly local for the weather
cut back on politcal threads to
It's so good to be able to have the power in the decisions you make
and you are the one who gets to decide to live in a way that makes you Happy
regaurdless of what anyone else thinks
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new hope and happiness
Off topic, but in appreciation of this wonderful site,do i have a negative?
YES i cant spelll.... now how would my C. V look with out a spejll ( spell) check?
In my day and i am not even 50 i would write on papet and give what i wrote to a lady who used a TYPEWRITTER....
with a spell check
my stupidity could be checked
and not blamed on my poor spelling
so each letter and word
would be read
and then said
oh oh oh this guy
needs his head read.
or is he already dead.
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*lost*
I too have pretty much stopped reading newspapers and following a lot of news and politics, cut it all back to basics.
To stressful and depressing otherwise, I found as jw, I was watching all these things with thoughts and emotions in continual turmoil.
One has to realise, live is what it is, can only get on and live it, appreciate all the good things.
Now we have freedom, we have life.
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BU2B
It is amazing isnt it how not only the WT is a deception, but current events are all reported with a spin, or outright lies, history has been sanitized and revised in many cases, and the more you dig, the more you realize most things are a deception on one level or another. I believe this is because people crave 2 things, money and power. Keeping the little guy in the dark is the most effective way for the powerful to consolidate more and more of those two things, at our expense. The rabbit hole goes down deep my friend. NOTHING that happenes is as it appears on the surface, or happens for the reasons they say. Look at wars for example.. Only decades after the fact do the real reasons they started come out. When they start they all start with a LIE to get the people all whipped up with patriotism, and fully supporting any action taken. IE USS Maine, Gulf of tonkin etc.. Too many lives have been lost, and ruined over lies. Unfortunately this will continue as it always has, fustrating those of us who see through at least a layer or two of the lies.
I sometimes have to disconnect from it all and try to enjoy what really matters. Go for a hike, visit a secluded beach, go fishing, whatever relaxes you. Enjoy nature, make good true friends, quality over quantity. Maybe even find a soul mate who loves you for you. I dont know what thats like but it must be nice lol..
Enjoy the fact you have woken up when so few have my friend.
I really enjoy this bit of lyrics from the RUSH song, The WRECKERS
All I know Is that sometimes you have to be wary of a miracle too good to be true,
All I know is that sometimes the truth is contrary to everything in life you thought you knew,
All I know is that sometimes you have to be wary, 'cause sometimes the target is you
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new hope and happiness
My above post made no sence. Only to say i left the.W.T and with out the ability to spell.
However i am writting a book..." one six and sixty- nine" i think its brilliant and my artistic it gives me expression to be free.
But i cant spell, and i WISH this site had a spell check before posting...
oh with a spell check,
my words i could write,
without feeling i doo not say what i think
Oh with a spell check
you would marvel at my words
id be your favourite post
upon whos knowldge you would dine
but that is not to be
almost me
but not enough for me
for to be perfectly honest i can not spell.
Wow thats my life out side the watchtower..live and be free. Express myself and be free to talk about enviromental issues or how bad i speller i am..it doesnt matter. I am free.
And that freedom is not an ALARM CLOCK ( i mean a watchtower clock) my time is now my time. With my new free time i might even learn to spell? I am at least learning to think and not worry what other people think.
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flipper
NEW HOPE & HAPPINESS- Yes, indeed, it's an eye opening experience after exiting the JW's and our critical thinking skills are set into motion. Then we care able to see through the OTHER BS that's out in the real world as well as WT Society BS. Which is a good thing. True, it might make some of us cynical and not trust too much- but on the flip side of that coin it enables us to use our critical thinking skills in a POSITIVE way to wade through all the BS and see what IS good to pursue and positive in our ex-JW lives. One reason I've taken up music in my life. Playing it live and writing songs. It's something I can do which has a positive effect on people and brings happiness to me and to perhaps them. Pursue your dreams my friend. You never know where the chips may fall. Peace out, mr. Flipper