How Have You Changed Much In Attitude & Actions Since Leaving The Witnesses?

by minimus 21 Replies latest jw friends

  • objectivetruth
    objectivetruth

    As many above have replied.. I feel nicer, and I feel much more love.

    Its so very sad, but for 29 years I viewed "worldly" people as worthless and lower than me.

    I had a "worldly" friend for 10 years, we worked together we went into business together, we were together ALL THE TIME.. His feelings literally meant nothing to me, he was simply a pawn, I viewed him as disposable. Once when a fight arose between he and I because of my selfish behavior he began to cry a bit and he said .. "I can't beleive your acting this way.. You are my best friend" .. him saying that meant nothing to me, I even joked about it with my wife later. Needless to say my callous behavior tore apart he and is friendship, and while I have tried to reach us to him now, he does not even wish to speak to me.. only now so I realize what I lost.

    Now that I see non witnesses as People Just like me, I care much more.. It's a really special experience.

    I do miss the years that I lost out on, learning and growing in Knowledge and Love but at the same time, if I had never felt the way I did (Not caring about people) I couldn't fully appreciate how much I'm compelled to care now.

    "Life is a lesson you learn it when your through" - Fred Durst

  • minimus
    minimus

    Thankfully, we are wiser now. I recognize that I'm not all that special after all.

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