the old ways...

by teejay 15 Replies latest jw friends

  • teejay
    teejay

    Looking people in the eye.

    Saying what you mean.

    Meaning what you say.

    Working hard for what you have and not depending on "contacts".

    Owning up to your mistakes.

    Going home after a long, hard day of work and actually NEEDING to bathe.

    Apologizing.

    Paying cash... not charging.

    Putting the kids' wants ahead of your own.

    Living for tomorrow instead of just for today.

    Thinking the bible meant something...
    ... instead of thinking that it (and the time you wasted believing it) was all bullshit.

    ==============

    feeling down. no need to reply.

  • shamus
    shamus

    Sorry to hear that you're feeling down.

    Life can be hard sometimes. Sounds like you have your priorities straight, though. It's hard to understand what to think, you know? It's hard to have left this religion and not feel hurt for years. If it didn't, you would be abnormal.

    I hope that you find some answers soon. When you do, tell me what the answer is, b/c I am confused as hell too.

    Shamus

  • riz
    riz

    hey teej. I can't read that you're feeling down and not reply. I'm sorry you're down. I'm always around if you need someone to talk to. (((((((((teejay)))))))

    love, riz

  • OrbitingTheSun
    OrbitingTheSun

    I'm sorry you are feeling down, Teejay...I actuallly smiled when I read your post because it reminded me of a number of good things in life that are worth endeavoring. I hope that you feel better, and thank you for that reminder.

  • m0nk3y
    m0nk3y

    I agree orbiting, there are alot of things there that can be strived for even today.

    I hope you feel better soon teejay

    monk3y

  • Big Tex
    Big Tex

    Hey teejay, now who should be the writer?

    Hang in there. I've been there.

    If I can do anything to help, or you just need someone to shout at, give me a call. I promise I'll answer.

  • bigboi
    bigboi

    Teej, you got a pm. Holla at me.

  • heathen
    heathen

    Welcome to the live fast and die young world we live in .I here everything you say .

  • dedalus
    dedalus
    Apologizing.

    lol

    Dedalus

  • dedalus
    dedalus

    THE REALLY, REALLY OLD WAYS

    Slaughtering animals and hoping God likes them or you're banished or dead ...

    Wandering the wilderness for decades choking on vanilla-flavored dust because you haven't had water for months and when you dare to ask about that your leader gets pissed at you and then God banishes him and kills some people who ate quail that He sent ...

    Being slaughtered by bears for making jokes about a bald man ... when you're just a kid ...

    Being transformed into a pillar of salt for missing the land of your childhood that just gone up in flames because God decided the only way to solve its problems was to burn it ...

    Suffering for some sin your great-great-great-great-great-grandfather did ...

    Sending your daughter out to homosexual rape gangs while angel guests of yours do nothing to help, then cutting up your daughter's body and mailing it to several neighboring tribes as some kind of rebuke or something ...

    Preparing the slaughter your one and only child because God told you to, and when the knife was in the air, swooping in its downward arc, he stops you and says it was all a test, and gives you some animals to slaughter instead ...

    Being slaughtered by some zealot Israelites because they want to move in, your virgin daughters captured and raped and made concubines for God's great chosen people ...

    Cheer up, Teejay.

    Dedalus

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