Do You Live For Today or Do You Focus On The Future??? (page 2)

minimus

One thing JW's fail to appreciate is that enjoying life today is good to do. It shouldn't be all about self-sacrifice. It shouldn't be about only giving up one's soul. Life should be enjoyed every minute possible. We shouldn't want to live only for the future. That is ridiculous. That's why Witnesses keep their heads in the sand. They don't want to live life thinking about today. They only want to live for the future, what they call the "real life".

jwbot

BOTH! :)

I am a student, and I am young, so I am thinking and preparing for the future. I want to be financially secure and to know myself as best I can. But, I also have fun today, because I had lost my childhood and teenage years, I am making up for it. I learned that I actually CAN dance and I go to the clubs once in a while, party, and I am more social, and I made tons of friends. Also beigna allowed to flourish sexually... Today is awseome, but the future is going to be great too.

minimus

I knew most Witnesses in the 70's that didn't save a dime for their future. They only lived for the end of the generation to come in the middle of the decade. Of course, the generation never passed away. They had to, for the 1st time, THINK----about their future. For a diehard believer this could be very painful. Poor people caught sleeping.....

Prisca

Sheesh Mini, what a no-brainer. You ask such inane questions.........

Just kidding, I still luv ya ;-)

I spent my whole life focused on the future, with neglect to the present. So now I am learning to enjoy today, and not worry so much about what the future holds.

On the other hand, it is unusual to live with more than 10 or 20 years ahead of me. I was so sure that Armageddon would arrive "soon", so that I would never grow old or have kids in this system. Now I have to face the fact that I will be aging and eventually dying in this world. So I have had to learn to live for the future in the long-term sense.

pamkw

I live for the moment. I try to enjoy whatever I am doing right now. The future never works out the way I expect, so I am trying to learn to enjoy the ride. And right now it is all down hill. Pam

iiz2cool

After so many years of NOT having a life as a JW, I'm doing alot more living in the present, but I still plan for the future with regard to my career and finances. Having those relatively secure should make 'living for today' more enjoyable for a much longer time. But I'm no longer putting my life on hold, and am starting to do things I neglected when I was a JW.

Walter

minimus

It's terrible to realize how nearly an entire religion SCOFFED and RIDICULED anyone that wanted to plan ahead. You would have had to secretly invest for the future because in Watchtower World, there is no future, except paradise earth. Insurance, especially life insurance was not always promoted. I know that I never felt, while growing up, that life insurance or social security or long term benefits was necessary........But we all NOW have a second chance to live and learn!

JAVA

As minimus stated, the JWs in the '60s & '70s didn't save for the future because they trusted the Tower's 1975 foolishness. I was one of the many from that period who didn't question the Society?s policy of buying property while encouraging the flock to sell the little they had ?in the short time remaining.? Planning for the future (financial or retirement) was for the spiritually weak. Adjustments are necessary when exiting ends-time groups like the Witnesses. I started college at 40, which was a way of living for today, and planning for the future. We can?t return to the scene of the crime when we bought into the Tower?s nonsense, and recover the time and money lost. However, it?s important to move on and enjoy today while planning for tomorrow. It?s never too late to smell the roses while working in the garden. BTW, this is my first post on the list after several months away. It?s nice seeing some old friends, and seeing many new folks, too. JAVA--counting time in the Coffee Shop

smack

Dave's not here man

Steve

minimus

Welcome back----JAVA!......Good post!

Do You Live For Today or Do You Focus On The Future???

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