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  The best revenge

  by Junction-Guy in

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  so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

  do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

  is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

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  noni1974

  Hey JG what kind of things make you happy??

  If you had the time right now to do something just for fun what would it be??

  I joined a bowling team last year just for fun and to get out of the house.I'm not very good at it but I have fun and doing it makes me happy.Reading also makes me happy.I enjoy romance novels just because I can.I also when bored have been known to go get myself lunch and drive to the lake and eat it while watching the water.It makes me happy just being near water.Animals also make my life happy.Have you thought of getting a pet??Even something small like a fish??

  You might be more of a people person.You might need to be around people to be happy.How about joining a club?If you feel the need for friends why not try looking up things that interest you in your area?
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  The lost generation

  by noni1974 in

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  do any of you find it weird that a lot of the ex jw's here and at other sites are in there 30's??.

  it's like the jw's have lost a whole generation..

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  noni1974

  Do any of you find it weird that a lot of the EX JW's here and at other sites are in there 30's??

  It's like the JW's have lost a whole generation.
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  This is going to sound strange and probably highly impossible

  by Calico Ethel in

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  i think a few of you out there know my story a bit.

  i used to live in wisconsin and then i met someone from england, here on jwd, and then i moved to england to be with him and we got married in april...(very happily married i might add).

  anyway, in the process of moving i left my kitty behind, only thinking it would be momentarily, but it's been an absolute nightmare to get here over here.

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  You poor thing.I don't know what I would do with out my kitty's.I wish I could help.I am planning on coming over to England in July next year.That may or may not happen depends on my money situation.
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  Help needed: your experiences of the internet and JWism

  by ppunk in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i am hoping some of you will find a few moments of time to reply to this request for help.

  i am researching the impact of the internet on people's journey out of jwism.

  i invite everyone to write anything from a sentence to a couple of paragraphs (or more, if desired) relating how the internet has affected your exit.

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  noni1974

  Hi Ppunky fancy meeting you here.

  Sites like this have effected me by letting me know I'm not alone out in the big wide world and I'm not crazy for leaving.I've found acceptance and understanding when I least expected it.I've found support when I needed it.I've made friends with people I would have never met.Most of all I don't have to explain my situation to the people on these boards because the people on them know exactly what it was like.

  I didn't have to deprogram because I've been out far longer than I've been on these boards but I can see how it would help the newly exiting to open their eyes.
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  The best revenge

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

  do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

  is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

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  noni1974

  I don't know.I sometimes think that if you look to hard for something when you find it you don't know because you've built up such expectations for it that it doesn't meet or can't meet.Love is the same way.You keep looking and looking for the perfect person who just never seem to show up.In the mean time you've pasted up people who could or do love you for the hope of a dream that never comes.

  Being a happy person is really all about perspective.How you see things makes all the diffrence.
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  The best revenge

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

  do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

  is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

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  noni1974

  such simplistic answers

  For me simple makes me happy.Small things make me the happyist.Like a phone call from someone I haven't talked to for a while.A small gift from the dollar store someone picked up because they thought I would like it.

  I get down on myself too much.I've learned that in the last year.I have pleanty of things that make me unhappy.I have to sometimes force myself to look at my good qualitys and remember that I am a good person.My way of thinking has changed over the last year.I went from being some what happy to being very happy.All I had to do was start thinking of life as an adventure and to really start living it and not sit in my normal rut.I got out of my house and did things.Now my life is better then ever.It was all in how I looked at things.
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  The best revenge

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

  do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

  is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

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  noni1974

  What made you happy then??What's keeping you from being happy now??
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  The best revenge

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

  do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

  is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

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  noni1974

  BTW other people can't make you happy if your not allready happy.They can add to your happyness but they can't make you happy.No girlfriend/boyfriend in the world can make a unhappy person happy all on their own.Happyness comes from with in.
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  The best revenge

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so are you happier outside the jw's than inside?.

  do you like having freedom, or are circumstances too overwhelming to appreciate it now?

  is happiness in small things possible, even when we're still in the process of "getting it all together"?

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  noni1974

  JG I firmly believe that life is what we make it.If you want to be happy find out what makes you happy and go after it.You can't wait for happieness to just fall in your lap.

  Also in my life I've found how I look at something really affects whether or not I'm happy about it.If I'm looking at something as a bad thing it is bad.If I look at something as good it is good.It's the whole glass half full thing.I try to look at everything as an adventure.I have way more fun that way.Even if it turns out not so good I still had fun because I tried something new.

  Maybe you should try thinking about how your life may not be perfect but you have your family and friends.Your a good person and you deserve to be happy.So make yourself happy.
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  So who else chose not to respond to Journey-on's "not respond" post?

  by sir82 in

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  sign in here!.

  sorry, couldn't resist....

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  noni1974

  What thread are we talking about again??