by Uzzah 20 Replies latest jw friends
My biggest accomplishments are-
1. Starting a family that definitely has unconditional love and encourages free thinking.
2. Getting rid of emotional baggage (work in progress)
3. Educating myself about what the world is really like. (I'm a regular at my public library)
4. Starting college (Even if it is just one class at a time)
Thanks for asking!
After growing up "in the TRUTH" in the 60's and not furthering my education because of the prevailing attitudes of the Borg at the time, I am going to finally get my degree this year. I was always financially successful in spite of just a high school education.
I have a few but to list them would be immodest and reveal my identity
I personally think that my most fav is the upbring of my kids. This has the biggest step for me to change in the mental thinking of how to raise them. I feel that pull of what my mind feels as normal, on a regaular basis. Then I just look at them and realize that they are teaching me. The are the best thing that could happen in my life. There are days I wish I had been a little older when I had then or my situation was diffrent, but this is what has grounded me in my thinking and thoughts more than anything. The times I love the most are Xmas and B days. I think I may be just a big kid! I was the one up at 6:00 am Xmas morning and couldn't wait! This is something I would just keep on about but I love my kids more than I can even express and feel that they have the ability to show love in such a pure way,that it makes anything else seem small .
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I'm proud of having survived my childhood intact. Not on the street, not addicted to booze, pills, drugs, television, sex, food or any other thing, not a prostitute or dead. This is what my physician says, that with the JW and the 'other' abuses , that I should not be here given the odds, and that I should be VERY proud of who I am.
On top of that, I rose from the ashes of cleaning (quite literally, since my last job was cleaning a fire-damaged store - blecch), to teaching at a community college by age 26, running a computer business by 29. Now I'm going back to school next term to upgrade my skills, after being quite ill and getting 10 years behind in my field. So I'm proud that at my age I have the guts to start over yet again.
For the past 15 years, I have always had a volunteer job. That's been a real accomplishment, especially when my dis-ease was at its greates. But to be honest, I have always received more from my volunteer positions than I gave. :D
I've found my way out of the fog of the cognitive dissonance that overwhelmed my 20s. And 15 years of head-shrinking didn't hurt the personal development, either. hehehe
Thanks, Uzzah. That felt really good. Though I have a healthy ego, I'm not comfortable with bragging aloud. But, since you asked ,,, I did run on a bit ... ;)
talesin
I had sex with fifteen men in one night.
I had sex with fifteen men in one night.
Threads over. Nobody can beat that........LOL
Getting the family out was my biggest accomplishment.
And now, keeping them happy.
I won the first JWD Fantasy Football League Championship!
To all of you taking big and little steps to being better people for yourselves GOOD FOR YOU! ... and I really mean that.
I think part of it too is JWs set their goals extrememly low.
When you leave you actually have to re-evaluate and actually GET GOALS to GET ACCOMPLISHMENTS. You have to decide, am I going to go to school? Am I going to get an education? Am I going to get a career or stay in the lawn moving business? Am I going to buy a house? All the normal goals that even teengers think about.... so starting goals in the first step.
I had personal goals and being a JW didn't set me back from reaching them.I kept these goals to myself because to mention any of my achievments to others, they would take it to mean I was bragging.
I do have a list.
I'm happy and glad to hear that others have done something with their lives. There is more to life than JUST think, do something about it!
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