I should say so!!!! Without the "ball & chain " around my neck!!!! I never knew what happiness was until I saw the light.....I look back now & think how could I have been so dense ????....Every day I get up.&.. Think !!! Boy it is wonderful to know I am FREE!!!!!!! To think- To feel! to befriend all those I have judged for years.years, years, I can smile at the priests! Nuns, Cuddle the gays! the smokers( though I hold my nose as I do) them. I dont have to tell anyone they are wrong. THANK GOD for the opening of the heart ,mind, eyes, ears ......
Are You A Happier Person Than When You Were In The "Truth"?
by minimus 48 Replies latest jw friends
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minimus
Yes, it is nice to know that we don't have the responsibility to tell everyone that they're wrong and we know the "truth". It's comforting to know that we are just normal, struggling people, trying to do the best we can do. That's very liberating!
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jwbot
Yes yes yes! No more feeling like I am being judged for everything I did, everything I wore, everything I said. No more looking over my shoulder, no more being made to feel inferior for being a woman, no more getting cousiled for being head-strong and independant female. No more denying my relationships and friendships. No more of the hatred that the gossipers had for me, and no more emptiness inside. I am happy to be myself. I am so happy. I love my life and I do not feel the need to fill any void with a marriage, or a baby, or submission, I have no void. I love my job, I love my school and I love my S/O and my guinea pigs.
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primitivegenius
you know its funny......... all the time in the TROOF there were the smiles and the fake love........... and then the feelings of unworth or never being able to measure up to this heavenly standard....... doing all you can, pioneering even, holding a position with privledges to help the others in the hall, studying for all the meetings, takeing care of all the publications so that you could place them with the most people. and then when the wool gets pulled from your eyes............. you think what a waste both of time and energy and then the money you contributed at every opportunityand wished you had more to spare.
me myself i never lived the double life, i might occasionally quit going to meetings and watched omg R rated movies but i never ran wild. i have on many occasions wished that the things my COMMON SENSE finally convinced me were wrong in the org, were somehow simplymistakes on my part and that i could be shown the light...... lol YEAH RIGHT. the light they have continueously gets dimmer i think as there sins are pointed out for everyone to see. i will admit to being happy knowing that i wasnt part of the many wrongs and brainwashing that is what makes up the (B)org but not happy in life because of not having the "worldly" friends for a social life outside. now i have friends from here and other places and many are special friends and one is a very special friend and with yall it makes life truely the adventure it should be rather than the depressing endless failure that it was under the borgs influence. you have to ditch your family to be a witness............. and when they ditch you............. you get another family...... a family of X's. xjws that is
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primitivegenius
you know its funny......... all the time in the TROOF there were the smiles and the fake love........... and then the feelings of unworth or never being able to measure up to this heavenly standard....... doing all you can, pioneering even, holding a position with privledges to help the others in the hall, studying for all the meetings, takeing care of all the publications so that you could place them with the most people. and then when the wool gets pulled from your eyes............. you think what a waste both of time and energy and then the money you contributed at every opportunityand wished you had more to spare.
me myself i never lived the double life, i might occasionally quit going to meetings and watched omg R rated movies but i never ran wild. i have on many occasions wished that the things my COMMON SENSE finally convinced me were wrong in the org, were somehow simplymistakes on my part and that i could be shown the light...... lol YEAH RIGHT. the light they have continueously gets dimmer i think as there sins are pointed out for everyone to see. i will admit to being happy knowing that i wasnt part of the many wrongs and brainwashing that is what makes up the (B)org but not happy in life because of not having the "worldly" friends for a social life outside. now i have friends from here and other places and many are special friends and one is a very special friend and with yall it makes life truely the adventure it should be rather than the depressing endless failure that it was under the borgs influence. you have to ditch your family to be a witness............. and when they ditch you............. you get another family...... a family of X's. xjws that is
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primitivegenius
you know its funny......... all the time in the TROOF there were the smiles and the fake love........... and then the feelings of unworth or never being able to measure up to this heavenly standard....... doing all you can, pioneering even, holding a position with privledges to help the others in the hall, studying for all the meetings, takeing care of all the publications so that you could place them with the most people. and then when the wool gets pulled from your eyes............. you think what a waste both of time and energy and then the money you contributed at every opportunityand wished you had more to spare.
me myself i never lived the double life, i might occasionally quit going to meetings and watched omg R rated movies but i never ran wild. i have on many occasions wished that the things my COMMON SENSE finally convinced me were wrong in the org, were somehow simplymistakes on my part and that i could be shown the light...... lol YEAH RIGHT. the light they have continueously gets dimmer i think as there sins are pointed out for everyone to see. i will admit to being happy knowing that i wasnt part of the many wrongs and brainwashing that is what makes up the (B)org but not happy in life because of not having the "worldly" friends for a social life outside. now i have friends from here and other places and many are special friends and one is a very special friend and with yall it makes life truely the adventure it should be rather than the depressing endless failure that it was under the borgs influence. you have to ditch your family to be a witness............. and when they ditch you............. you get another family...... a family of X's. xjws that is
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primitivegenius
you know its funny......... all the time in the TROOF there were the smiles and the fake love........... and then the feelings of unworth or never being able to measure up to this heavenly standard....... doing all you can, pioneering even, holding a position with privledges to help the others in the hall, studying for all the meetings, takeing care of all the publications so that you could place them with the most people. and then when the wool gets pulled from your eyes............. you think what a waste both of time and energy and then the money you contributed at every opportunityand wished you had more to spare.
me myself i never lived the double life, i might occasionally quit going to meetings and watched omg R rated movies but i never ran wild. i have on many occasions wished that the things my COMMON SENSE finally convinced me were wrong in the org, were somehow simplymistakes on my part and that i could be shown the light...... lol YEAH RIGHT. the light they have continueously gets dimmer i think as there sins are pointed out for everyone to see. i will admit to being happy knowing that i wasnt part of the many wrongs and brainwashing that is what makes up the (B)org but not happy in life because of not having the "worldly" friends for a social life outside. now i have friends from here and other places and many are special friends and one is a very special friend and with yall it makes life truely the adventure it should be rather than the depressing endless failure that it was under the borgs influence. you have to ditch your family to be a witness............. and when they ditch you............. you get another family...... a family of X's. xjws that is
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teenyuck
I see a lot of hopelessness and cynicism now. Are you actually happier now than when you were a Jehovah's Witness?
Yes.... I am not hopeless. Though I am cynical. I was cynical as a witness.....armageddon and 1975 and all.....
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minimus
Primitivegenius-----You get "G" for repetition by emphasis.
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Odrade
I don't know that I am happier? I think I'm the same cheerful, but maybe a little happier. I've always been a happy person. But I AM less stressed. I get far less headaches, and I have time to pursue activities that I had to turn down before. Definitely healthier, also more fulfilled.
I'm far less guilty all the time too. I'm also less affected by judgmental people. I just don't hang around them, no trouble there. In all, my life is better and easier.
Odrade