today's news downunder includes this item and it makes us wonder, how we're personally feeling/.
sydney people the saddest: studymonday feb 13 06:14 aedt.
the saddest australians live in the heart of the country's richest and most expensive city, while the happiest voters live in a poor rural electorate in queensland, a map of the nation's wellbeing shows.. the deakin university study found the electorate of wide bay, one of the most disadvantaged areas in australia, contains the happiest people, while the saddest citizens are those living in the seat of sydney, the australian newspaper reports.. the study examined people's wellbeing by considering standard of living, health, achievement in life, personal relationships, sense of safety, connection to the community and future security.. eight of the top nine happiest electorates were poor and isolated rural communities, while all of the saddest seats were metropolitan or outer metropolitan seats.
Actually, just booked a ticket to Thailand (leaves Wed) as I am feeling a little "stuck" at the moment.
I realised that my new job is not suiting, that where I live is not satisfying me and that my social life has been neglected. I always get inspired when I travel, so....
Here goes!
i have always heard women say that men can't dance.
it seems they are right most of the time.
peace,.
Dancing is a passion for me.
I dance for myself, no one else.
I love going to clubs and being the first on the dancefloor (if the dj is good). All the guys at the bar have a giggle at the ol' guy but I get the last laugh. Within 5 minutes, I am surrounded by women, 'cause they admire a man who doesn't give a rats arse what others think.
Never fails to happen
just wondered as im prob about to give up so much, coz i dont think it is the truth but its come as such a shock!.
my family believe it so much, my dad feels he can answer any question i have, and being brought up in it sometimes it scares me.
coz my family believe it so much, .
Nah.
It's the safest bet you're ever likely to put money on.
Actually, that's not a bad idea. I'll wager the next jw I meet a $100 that armageddon doesn't happen each year from now on!!
Ah, cosy retirement
mary kochan, who is an ex-jehovah's witness has written a very interesting article at catholic exchange centering on the quotes site and the danish newspaper's cartoons of mohammed.
it is entitled "no defense against offense.
http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=31806
Offense is an opportunity to defend your opinion in a spirited debate not crush all dissidents.
The wts did this with an iron fist in a velvet glove.
But radical muslims will slip a knife in your back and see that as gods will. I am seriously changing my opinion as riots rage around the planet in civilised countries.
What do these people want? They want to live in the prosperity and freedom of the west but will readily fight their newfound home for the repressive regimes and religious intolerence they left.
I'm mystified
i'll start... i talk to myself.
a lot.
i'll even hold full blown conversations.
Hey Seren
That would have raised your mums blood pressure!!
I have so many embarrassing habits... I'm not going to tell.
One though,is talking too much after a coupla strong coffees. I catch myself wizzing along with the other person not getting a word in!!
lmao... this guy is so stupid.
people in iran have been publishing anti-semitic cartoons for decades... why would people get pissed now?
watching this guy is like watching some joker moron who somehow managed to get into a position of power far beyond his intellectual capacity.. http://english.aljazeera.net/nr/exeres/fce073dd-7f1b-4714-95f0-dd1f354f1d9a.htm.
This is the behaviour of school bullies.
Reasonable people look on in disbelief that such ignorant dumbarses get to run a country.
War is the inevitable out come of such words and actions.
When are these people going to GROW UP!!
Really
losing jehovah was like losing a girlfriend that you loved.
you barely had time to flinch when you found out that she had been sleeping with all your friends and stealing your records to pawn off.
that you had just been another sucker on the vine.. when jehovah dumps you, you start looking at yourself longer and harder, and wondering what it was about him that you found in yourself, until all you see there in the reflection is just yourself, dancing with an imaginary hand and waistline.. when jehovah was gone, and the war was over, i realized that all the things that had made me "good", and "moral", and "hate what was bad", didn't mean anything to me anymore.
Yep Tetra
That's the price for really believing wholsouled in the jw fable. When it's over, a little piece of us dies, never to be revived (trust?)
Cynical?
Nah just a realist.
The demon of "I told you so" wins again
On the other hand that demon wants you to die. Is this not just god in another guise?
Piss e'm all off I reckon and live life as best you can in the freedom of knowing you are a god of your existance.
Peace to you
Andy
my teenage daughter is out with her friends so i'm alone here tonight, but not lonely.
conventional wisdom suggests that a solitary life isn't healthy.
friends and close relationships help people live longer.
Hmm
Depends on the day for me.
At this moment, it is raining. The sun is making a feeble attempt to squeeze thru the clouds. I guess this atmosphere makes me more mindful of relationships. My daughter has already texted this morning. She is not my friend but I love her more than life. I am her dad, not her friend.
Aquantences I have many. Friends, as in sharing my deepest thoughts? I guess there are different people for different pieces. So no, there is no one I would call a special friend.
There is a huge difference between being alone and lonely. Generally I enjoy my own space but people do fascinate me. Everyone has a story to tell and I've loved stories since I was a child.
Sometimes I feel a friend to all humanity, other times I despair at the callous and selfish behaviour of others, esp those I hold dear.
my mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same cuting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't get food poisoning.
my mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter and i used to eat a bite raw sometimes, too.
our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper, in a brown paper bag, not in ice pack coolers, but i can't remember anybody getting e.coli.. almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of a pristine pool ( talk about boring ), no beach closures then.. the term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and a pager was the school pa. system.
It's a mixed bag.
Today we have more options and legal rights. Anyhow
One memory I cringe at was making a "cracker gun" out of two inch water pipe and the largest fireworks money could buy(for two pennies). The ammo was my much cherished (and fought for) marble collection. The pipe was pushed up against a few bricks, cracker lit and inserted with marble. We had a target made of roofing iron.
Well off it went, straight thru the target, then straight thru the neighbours roof!!!
He gave us hell but we were back at it as soon as he was gone. When one didn't go off, we would look down the waterpipe to see what was wrong!!!!
Would have been about 10 yrs old I guess...
does anyone know the length of contract or agreement that those who received a law degree funded by the wtbts had to sign?
thanks dan
Wow, amazing you escaped JW
Really, this corporate mentality is what irks me about jws. As you say, no emotional intelligence. Basing a religious faith on a business model is only going to get ambitious and grasping people rising to the top.
Spirituality is a far off second
