as a teenage jw, i grew up believing that i was not going to finish high school nor would i get old and have to die like my grandparents did.
well, i did finish high school, as did my children and my grandchildren and old age has not been kind to me.
i don't like to look at pictures from 40 years ago, from a time when i was healthy and i had the goal of "stay alive till 75.
I know exactly how you feel. I was never supposed to graduate high school either, and now my high school class is celebrating their 30 year reunion!
I try not to think about my own mortality, it would only drive me crazy-(Crazier-lol).
As you yourself just said, we need to love life and live like there is no tomorrow.
things are looking good for me and my campaign.
so we will see..
Please give us more details! Do you think that you may ever run for President? That would be awesome, and you would get a LOT of votes! Good for you, and the best of luck!
It is always heartwarming to see an EX-JW make something of themselves and especially make their own dreams come true. You are an inspiration!
I even am getting excited when I see friends whom I have known for many years voting for the first time. I consider that a big step, but actually running for office-WOW. KUDOS!!!
entire family, 20 others die in fatal accidenttragedy struck weekend in akwa ibom state as a man, his wife and all their children, as well as more than 20 others, all members of the jehovahs witness church, perished in a fatal road accident which occurred, friday, along the utu etim ekpo road in etim ekpo local government area of the state.. forty other members of the church sustained varying degrees of injuries following in the crash which occurred on their way to the jehovahs witness annual convention ground in ikot ekpene local government area of the state.. thisdays gathered that more than 70 members of the church had hired a lorry to convey them from ukanafun local government area to ikot ekpene for the annual district convention which began on friday and billed to end today (sunday) but the journey ended half way with many members of the church dying on the road in the accident.. eyewitnesses alleged that the driver of the lorry conveying the church members to the venue of the convention lost control of the vehicle when he got to utu etim ekpo, the junction opposite the local government secretariat, and hit the stone used to construct the roundabout, thus resulting in the lorry somersaulting, leaving many of its passengers and others wounded.. the corpses and those injured in the accident were said to have been taken to neighbouring hospitals and mortuaries.. one of the eyewitnesses, mr. friday john, said the people who died may have been more than what was seen because a whole family including parents and their children were all trapped in the accident.. we were all here discussing when suddenly the lorry appeared and was looking like the driver had lost control of it.
then the lorry drove straight and hit the stone and somersaulted into the gutter.. many people died, more than 18. in fact, we couldnt count the number because there were many corpses, including husband, wife and children and they were all taken to the mortuary in various hospitals near etim ekpo here, john explained.. in another narration, a secondary school teacher in eka uruk eshiet etim ekpo, mr. ndipmo nkanta, said the lorry boarded by the deceased and the injured passengers was not meant for passengers but goods only.. he blamed the accident on poverty , arguing that if there was a better alternative, such casualties wouldnt have been recorded, especially as they were going to worship god.. the public relations officer of the federal road safety corps, frsc, in the state, mr. godsgift uwen, blamed the incident on over-speeding and overloading by the driver of the lorry.. he said the lorry was not supposed to carry any passenger as it was a meant for goods only but the driver stubbornly used it as a passengers vehicle, which led to the sad incident.. he advised against rush and drunken driving, especially in the yuletide, noting that these are some of the major causes of accidents on the roads..
Really sad. My thoughts go out to the victims and their families. Seriously, I hope that their faith helps get them through this tragedy.
the storm was much more intense and killed many more in the caribbean and yet i see practically nothing mentioned about them here or in the media.. .
pathetic..
There has been a lot of comment in the media in the UK about the apparent lack of concern for non-American victims of the storm in the US media.
I think there was 60 deaths in the Caribbean before it got to New Jersey.
We've had at least the same amount of deaths here, many estimates put it much higher. Because it happened in the USA, are our deaths any less valid?
mP, have fun with your hate-fest.
the storm was much more intense and killed many more in the caribbean and yet i see practically nothing mentioned about them here or in the media.. .
pathetic..
A lot of people outside the USA think that Sandy was a fart in the wind here. It wasn't. It was a Major storm that did a lot of damage to the East Coast. More damage than many of you think.
the storm was much more intense and killed many more in the caribbean and yet i see practically nothing mentioned about them here or in the media.. .
pathetic..
MP, how dare us try to help our own citizens too!
We nearly ALWAYS help others in crisis, yet our kindness is returned with hate, and a feeling that we can never do enough. Sounds familiar.
the storm was much more intense and killed many more in the caribbean and yet i see practically nothing mentioned about them here or in the media.. .
pathetic..
NC, I know. I can't believe all of the American bashing, especially since Sandy hit.
FYI to the America bashers, we are already giving to victims of Sandy in Non USA Areas.
and another...
"Operation USA is working to provide access to safe water and support to hospitals and clinics in Cuba. The organization is also providing emergency assistance in Jacmel, Haiti."
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/us/iyw-hurricane-sandy/index.html
Add that to the money donated by American citizens to the Red Cross and other organizations, and you will see that we are also trying to help others. What have YOU done???
i was reading the find whitney heichel page of fb and the moderator has posted info about another missing girl in oregon (non-jw) well, apparantley this missing girl has some sort of a past or something and people are getting on the site (mostly jw's) and making rude remarks about this girl has a bad past and that it's prob her fault.
i can't fathom how they can get on there after the horrible tragedy of whitney and yet because this other missing girl is not jw somehow now they attach fault to her going missing.
this is exactly why i can't deal with jw's.
Welcome, Vegas Girl!!!
Yes, this is all true. Here is the facebook link.
http://www.facebook.com/FindWhitneyHeichel?ref=ts&fref=ts
The nasty comments got so bad that the missing girl's mother asked for all information about her missing daughter be removed from the site.
Here is a quote...
" I was asked to take down Chelsea's things by her mother due to the fact that she was tired of trying to defend her daughter and it upset her seeing all the negative comments. I want you all to know how disgusted I am in you for what you have said about her and Whitney would be too. You do not treat a human being like that no matter how BAD they have messed up in their lives. I bet even some of you
have done worse. This has made me really think about shutting this page down but when I see the missing photos of all the other people I know I can't. So here if your FINAL warning. I am done being polite and nice to you. If I see you disrespecting this page I will call you out on it and you will be blocked. If you do not approve of how I run MY page get the hell off of it right now!!! There are plenty of other places you can spread your negativity. This is a place where FAMILY or FRIENDS of the missing can share their loved ones faces and receive the love and support they need!!!!!" Here's another... " This page was first set up in hopes to finding 21 year old WHITNEY HEICHEL. Now the admin of this page wish to use it to spread the awareness of other missing people. These people may be our family, friends, neighbors, or acquaintances. Please respect the people and postings on this page. Their families don't need your negativity. Thank you" The JW's true colors are now showing through. It didn't take long, did it? They only care about their own, everyone else doesn't deserve their conditional love and compassion. Screw them. Screw them in their empty skulls.
WTWizard is absolutely correct! Silver is the way to go.
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Millions and millions of liars,
each one without a brain,
spreading their kooky teachings,
while singing their lame restrains...
Come on every one! Share your own renditions!!!
