Posts by alias

It just makes me feel different because I don't have these memories of Christmases past like other people. This one little time of year I get those feelings of being "weird" one more time.

That. And I love the music and lights and the festive mood.

Plus on January 2 I get depressed 'cause all the fun from Halloween to New Year's is gone!

Can't win,

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Did the elders in your congregation give counsel to those that were DATING? Good or bad counsel?

by BonaFide in

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i have heard some doozies.

some elders forbid the couple from sitting together at the meetings unless they are engaged.

i have heard that said from the platform.

We jumped through all kinds of approval hoops during our 6-month engagement: chaperones, seperate cars, limited PDAs. Wonder when they'll outlaw hand-holding all together now that embracing during prayer is frowned upon.

It's all about appearances. Never mind what people do anyway when they think nobody's looking. Funny, Jehovah's eyes looking down upon a young pioneer didn't keep him from climbing through the window of his lover at night.

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Starting to read Crisis of Conscience....

by confuzzled777 in

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after almost 2 years of being wrongfully disfellowshipped and over a year after finding this site....i am starting to read crisis of conscience.

i will not lie....i am a bit nervous as to what information i will find in the book.

i have a strong feeling that i will end up crying through most of it as i will start to see the truth about the "truth".

alias

COC was the beginning of the end for me. Now it's funny to reflect on how much fear filled me when I first cracked that book open in the early stages of leaving.

Forbidden knowledge! No, just the other side of the story. What an awakening.

I donated both COC and ISOCF to the local library a few years ago.

Not afraid of books anymore,

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Sylvia Plath (Writer, Poet)

by alias in

so i picked a book at the library recently containing a few years of sylvia plath's published journals.. never read her before and knew little about her story.. i started reading and felt like i was experiencing another version of myself.. where was i at age 18?

a repressed writer longing to fit into this world.. my first 25 years were sacrificed to 'right around the corner.'.

ever since i've been a budding creative.. still, her words and story haunt me.. .

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hamsterbait,

I picked up 'The Bell Jar' and 'Letters Home' last night.

She wanted others to experience her so much.

She'll never know how much they do.

alias

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-04-2011 WT Study (RECREATION)

by blondie in

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wants us to enjoy life?

4. why do we need to set limits on the kind of recreation.

well to determine in advance whether some.

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I takes diff'rent strokes........
What you talkin' 'bout watchtower?

ROTFL!

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Sylvia Plath (Writer, Poet)

by alias in

so i picked a book at the library recently containing a few years of sylvia plath's published journals.. never read her before and knew little about her story.. i started reading and felt like i was experiencing another version of myself.. where was i at age 18?

a repressed writer longing to fit into this world.. my first 25 years were sacrificed to 'right around the corner.'.

ever since i've been a budding creative.. still, her words and story haunt me.. .

alias

So I picked a book at the library recently containing a few years of Sylvia Plath's published journals.

Never read her before and knew little about her story.

I started reading and felt like I was experiencing another version of myself.

Where was I at age 18? A repressed writer longing to fit into this world.

My first 25 years were sacrificed to 'right around the corner.'

Ever since I've been a budding creative.

Still, her words and story haunt me.

alias

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Kathie Byron, TheWork.com. Experiences?

by Hoffnung in

i just attended a "reducing your stress" training, sponsored by my company, and training staff used the methods of "thework", founded by kathie byron.

in order to reduce your stress, you have to inquire yourself and put everyting you believe in, in doubt.

by the end of the 2 day work shop, i have all my "cult" warning lights on.

alias

Great stuff and I truly believe this kind of help, or any help that resonates with you and what you may be dealing with or need at the time comes when we need it most. Like most help we don't need it forever, nor might we want to hang onto it as a crutch but just to get us through and teach us so we can move on.

Love this bikerchic. As a raised-in JW who's been denied worldly philosophy for my first 30 years, I'm curious about different approaches and tools some have found useful in working through their own "stuff". The four questions alone are a good primer into self-awareness and interesting to use when assessing personal beliefs (and really understanding the JW mindset).

alias

"Take what's useful and leave the rest" class