a few mornings back i was in the bathroom of the office building i work at.
i was washing my hands and i felt a rush of thoughts flood my mind.
the job i am doing for my client is an immense social network site.
but too many defeating sighs are just giving the Depression Dog juicy steaks.
After that little internal exchange I started to feel better and was able to get to work.
See Sab, never underestimate the healing power of humor and dogs (and bad dog-depression puns: Depression got you by the collar?)
Breathe my pasty friend. :)
as jehovah's witnesses, we are programmed to believe that what we do is out of love.
love for god, our family and neighbors.
this sounds good and it feels good.
First, it's likely impossible to genuinely love that which threatens to kill you if you don't.
Second, we were filled with a selfish materialistic greed for the perfect body, living in a perfect house, on a perfect hill with a perfect view, etc, etc.
It takes courage to see through it all. Perhaps it even takes the desire to be truly caring and loving.
Good points, JT. and yes, it does. (Bonus: Our truly caring and loving doesn't have anything to do with a time slip).
alias
for me, it's the waste of precious time and being lied to.. stupid time consuming things to do that are utterly worthless!
and on top of that being told that you were going to live forever on paradise if you followed their decrees..
The worse thing...
Being a raised-in from age 3, not knowing who I was before the JW indoctrination.
The system of belief started so early that it's like a twisted helix around my DNA. As an adult I have to figure/sort... still not knowing. That's the worse thing for me. What/who would I have been without this system of belief entering into my life. How much of it has warped my worldview/emotional being/spiritual self.
One of my earliest memories of being at a meeting in the Kingdom Hall with funky orange and brown carpeting was sitting in the seat looking at my tiny legs pointing straight off the chair. They didn't even bend yet.
alias
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not much to follow that .... day-umn, life is hard sometimes .... .
feel free to encourage me ... i need it.. .
(((Hugs)))
Now what are your other two wishes? (and no wishing for more wishes)
alias
please go to the section under literature & reading for a pleasure.. normally, i don't like poetry - yet printed these out because of their beauty and softness.. thank you, frenchy, for sharing your art with us.
Wow, a blast from the past. I wonder if Waiting is still
i was given the link to a bit of information regarding on old poster/moderator of this forum.
i was not sure of the validity of the information so have been trying to find out if it is true.. earlier today craig's estranged wife, kate, (bikerchic) confirmed that craig died at his home on aug 10, 2011.. i am sure that many people here remember craig's time here and how he went out of his way to offer support to posters, even calling them, to give whatever help he could as they adjusted to their post-jw lives.. i know many people here will grieve his loss.. --------------.
ps i tried posting this earlier but the computer i was working with would not allow the posts.
I'm so sorry to hear this.
this is for those of you who are familiar with my periodic rants about being married to a jehovah's witness.
you won't be seeing any more of them.. my wife and i were up before dawn on friday and spent the entire day on our boat, trolling 10 miles from shore and talking.
we talked about our lives together, the ground we've covered in the 40 years since we met as university freshmen.
Nickolas,
That's just beautiful. Real love is a powerful thing.
alias
google +, the 'new-kid-on-the-block' is now the way.
what do you think will this new social media be on the watchtower membership?
will the watchtower ban it as it has done with the facebook?.
As far as I've read in the new 'zines, there's no ban on social networks.
alias
so get this...this is one strange occurrence that almost ended in awkward disaster.
so i took the week off from work to do some home reno projects.
this morning i was doing some yard work and just finished mowing the front yard.
She's a door-knocker and has another ready to pop out to knock on more doors. Damn those Dubs...wish they'd stop having babies.
LOL
Time to queue up Netflix with some Columbo.
RIP
