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Introspection

Ok, the subject actually have nothing to do with what I'm writing about, just thought it would be a good attention getter - imagine using that in the door to door work.. Anyways, the question on my mind tonight is - is it a good thing to forget about your JW past? Sometimes people leave to forget, I feel like I was starting to forget (and still am forgetting) as I discovered these forums. What's wrong with me? I think it might be good to remember something to be able to relate to others who have been through the experience.. Maybe I'm not reading enough of the sad stories? Seriously, I welcome any thoughts on this..

"It is not so much that you use your mind wrongly--you usually don't use it at all. It uses you. This is the disease."--Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

Introspection

Just to clarify, the subject title was only intended to make fun of Venice's subject, and ONLY hers...

"It is not so much that you use your mind wrongly--you usually don't use it at all. It uses you. This is the disease."--Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

circe

Introspection,

Sometimes, every once in a while, I wish I could forget about my JW past. I wish that I had never been a Witness.

But, just as quickly as that thought emerges, it goes away. I admit to myself that becoming a Witness at the age that I did probably protected me from ending up pregnant or dead from drugs or alcohol. I was into some pretty stupid shit.

Also, my mother (and some aunts and uncles) are JW's, so I COULDN'T forget about my JW past even if I wanted to. My husband's mom, dad and brothers are all JW's as well, although they live in another state.

Other than not wanting my or my husband's family to disown us (neither of us are DF'd), being an ex-JW hasn't impacted me much. That may not last. I've been pretty fortunate so far.

Do I want to forget about my JW past? No. Do I want to put in behind me and get on with my life? Yes. I want to be me, Circe, the person: a spiritual, philosophical and wannabe intellectual woman. Not Circe, the ex-JW.

Circe

"Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat." Mark Twain

LDH

ha ha Circe that's funny.

Cuz being a baptised reg. pio'g JDub didn't prevent me from the depression that led me to getting pregnant.
Neither did it prevent my baptised pio'g JDub sister from trying every drug known to man.

And we are not alone. I hear what you are saying, but I just think there's a lot of other ways to prevent your children from making bad decisions other than getting them involved in a cult.

BTW, nice picture Intro.

VeniceIT

OK BUSTER put your dukes up!!!

Ven

circe

LDH,

Were you born into and raised as a Witness? I wasn't. I wasn't baptized till I was 21. I had lived the wild life from ages 16 to 20. Becoming a JW was the "unknown frontier" for me, not vice versa.

I'm not saying that maybe something else wouldn't have pulled me away from sex and drugs. Hell, I could have just as easily investigated Mormonism (being from Utah) or another religion. It just so happened that my Uncle was a Witness and that was the path I took.

As far as being or becoming a JW and also being depressed is concerned, I ended up having to go on antidepressants at about the same time as I started studying. Cause or coincidence? I don't know, but I can say I WOULD NOT have gone through with the baptism had I not started antidepressant therapy.

Anyway, having been a JW for 10 years (a short time) definitely impacted my life, some of it for the worse. But I wouldn't change my past decisions because I don't know that my life wouldn't have ended up much worse if I had taken another path.

Circe

unclebruce

G'day Introspection,

We'll have to shorten your name .. how about 'specy' .. ok wotabout 'trosp' .. Intro?

unclebruce taking the piece

Circe - G'day cobbler! Long time no see. Sounds like you need a little holiday to forget your JW past (like 30 years in Bali with no phone or letterbox ;) (((((hug)))) .. hey we can 'do coffee' in Penrith if ya want (i'll be covered in house paint but what the heck :) ph: 0411 037 440

circe

Uncle!

How have ya been? You're correct that I (and the Mr) do need a vacation! How's the weather down under and do you have a guest room?

circe

unclebruce

Hey CC your pussy looks like SirFred .. um .. oops .. err.

A lot has happened since we last met. I've sold my half finished muddy and am starting all over again higher up the block. (caravan living and building in stone this time for at least a year, while Susan settles Renee into a Kingswood flat. Amy bought herself a flat in Queanbeyan and got a job the very next day in a cake shop. All is going well (as soon as I finish painting at erskine park and kingswood I'm off south for good (might come back to pick Farkel up from the airport and take him bush for a bit of wombat chas'n, gold hunt'n and rock fish'n (don't tell him 'rock-fishing' means fish'n for rocks for the new house ;)

You guys are welcome to drop in for a bush holiday anytime (where hurdy-girdy JW discussions don't get a look in around the campfire ;) .. later in the year Old Tom and his misses are dropping in on their way back from Tassie .. that'll be fun.

cheers, unc

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