For as long as I can remember I think I've always fought for the Underdog in most situations I've come across in my 33 years of life.....right from back at school, I would be-friend the looser in the class, because I felt sorry for them, and maybe because they were different. I guess I stood out as different at the same time and maybe that was the case why, not going into school assemblies, us witnesses would sit in the "enterance hall" and have to go in after the whole school had said the lords prayer and hymn, in we'd file past all of the school all 9 of us, and I can remember other kids hissing "Jo-bo" "Jew" "Jo-Vo" etc etc at us as we filed past whilst everyone sat down. I'd still hold my head up.
In my teens it sort of got worse, and of course I was coming to terms with my own "What direction am I gonna take in life" scenario.....this too created conflict, not just with my peers, but later with my family with all the "haven't you got a girlfriend yet" "whats wrong with you" comments....still I'd steel my resolve.
In my 20's, I started my nurse training believe it or not after being pushed into a Building and Construction course that I quickly abandoned (suprise it wasn't quite me, despite sticking it for a year) 1994 I qualified as a R.N despite family and friends looking at me in a strange way (you're a man, you can't possibly be a nurse!!) sometimes the silence from those I wanted the most appreciation from was the worse. I still kept it together.
Forward almost 10 years later, I'm now a Manager of my own ward with 40 staff to manage, my family are so proud, I think (on the whole!!) my staff are happy, or so they tell me. I feel proud at what I have achieved, but still I feel the need to fight for the under-dog. So many times different posters have asked why I am here on this forum, some ridicule and think "just piss off! " primarily because I take a pro-jw stand, others just ignore me, (probably a good stand) Maybe I wasn't as unfortunate as some here to have lost family and friends because of the faith, many others here are supportive, and I can feel them. I will never understand the ones with the most vitriole and hate against JWs and the Org, nor I don't think the ridiculers (you know the ones, plenty of negative questions to ask, but little substance in them).
The kindest people are the ones that listen here, and in life in general, those that put themselves in that other persons shoes, and respond accordingly. These are the true underdogs, who have won through. Don't be so quick to write off someone who appears weak, I guess is what I'm saying. OK I waffled, but well......
