by minimus 17 Replies latest jw friends
Once i became fully programmed worker drone, i gravitated to high performers, not so much the glitzy stage speakers, but the pavement level workers, special projects workers, and that kind of thing. I got to know some cool, smart people. 'Course, they wouldn't give me the time of day, now.
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If it was going to impress a pretty sister I had a crush on.
Guilt & I didn't want to be killed by God.
GUILT is a major motivator.
I agree with guilt.
I felt worthless as a JW for not living for door knocking.
Guilt along with my parents approval
The guilt was definitely a part of it but I have to say the true motivating factor in my experience was actually feeling that one of my actions could impress or bring joy to the almighty. Also experiences of older and younger people who were making great strides was really motivational. The biggest and truest source of motivation was the fear of disappointing God, your family, your friends, your WORLD. Fear is the greatest control, ask Macchiavelli. "Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved." -Niccolo Machiavelli
Absolutely guilt, along with peer pressure. I didn't want to be bloodguilty for not preaching. I remember beating myself up as a shy teenager because I had let an opportunity to give a witness go by, and now I was bloodguilty for sure!
How any of us kept our sanity I'll never know.
Are you doing your all?
Are you giving your best?
Don't be half hearted!
Jesus will vomit the lukewarm out of his mouth!
Then you realise the people saying these things are working in Bethel barely doing 10 hours per month preaching, and you start to think...
