by cruzanheart 19 Replies latest jw friends
I'm happy for you.
Sometimes I feel people's anger and/or sadness coming through their posts, and I truly hope each person who has left the JWs eventually finds peace within themself. It took a long time for me to shed the cloud over my head that any minute Jehovah was going to strike me with lightning for leaving his 'organization'.
beliefs seem to be the key.... we have a lot of knotty beilefs tied around a lot of assumptions and it takes a while to unknot them and detangle them from the assumptions and to just start seeing things differently.... fortunately we have those knots within us to work with otherwise we would have no chance at getting through them.... many dont realize how they have accepted beliefs and assumptions without question and later dont realize how and when they have changed them and so are always a drift on their emotional oceans without a rudder or sails.
Thanks for sharing some real "Good news"
Nina,
That is so great! Peace of heart is a wonderful thing.
Take care,
Bryan
Have You Seen My Mother
Some pursue happiness and others create it. This is an older statement and the author of it is unknown, but it certainly is true.
With every great creation it takes time to perfect it and in the case of letting our anger and disappointments it can be a long hard battle, of course depending upon the depth of our scars.'
Some seem to get over their feelings of anger and dissapointment quicker than others, but one must remember that if the scars are deep the chances exist that depression could sneak back in. It is a long process to heal. For most of us ex jws our scars are not visible for others to see, rather our scars are inward hurt and anger, and a disappointment that has lead to emotional and mental breakdowns. And unfortunately suicide. We need to be careful to keep upper most in our minds that we will recuperate from our scars. For some the road is longer. Some of our silent lambs have had to go through unbearable pain and anguish in order to bearly survive . Most of these scars last a life time. And my heart goes out to them. And I despise the Governing Body for what they have inflicted upon so many witnesses.
I hope that with time we all heal like Nina and grow in happiness and peace. And yes with time all the newer ones will eventually get to the point where they to can say they have finally obtained a measure of peace and happiness free of depression anger and fear. Contentment is what all of us need.
love Orangefatcat.
Nina,
It is amazing how we become locked into an emotional mode and do not realize it until we get out of it and look back. It is like raising our level of consciousness. I'm glad you feel good.
Jst2laws
Ps, give everyone in the house a hug for me.
like air hissing from a slow leak in a tire, my anger left me
Nina's got a Happy Flat.
Nina, Thanks for sharing that. You deserve happier times after all you've been through.
I've been feeling pretty down since the death of my mom. It's nice to hear that better times are possibly ahead.
Evi
LOL @ Elsewhere.
Nina:That's a good place to be
Regards to Chris!
Glad the heats off of your heart, Nina. Hope you'll truly begin to enjoy the rest of your life.
Respect, Art
