Darth Frosty,
I have a question. I really cannot see clearly the tiny pictures people have with their names. Is that an extemely large banana you have in your hand?
i just finished reading this book called the alchemist.
it is a very compelling story about following your dreams.
what i found most intriguing about the book is the depth of spirituality it brought out in me.
i'm wide awake at 2 a.m., with my mind ruminating on stuff i should leave alone.
i wish i could turn it off in the night, when worries spin out of control.
let me list my concerns: this was my 26th wedding anniversary, and my husband forgot it apparently.
Truth hurts, huh. Nope, not divorced, but happily single. I have nothing at stake for telling it how it is.
Well, maybe you don't always know "the way it is."
I for one have been married over thirty years,. In my marriage I am the one who usually forgets the anniversary date., but my husband doesn't get upset. I am the one who squeezes the toothpaste in the middle. I didn't even realize it. My hubbie just bought a tube for each of us and I may happily squeeze the way I want. What we do is keep a sense of humor and not get overly upset about things. If he leaves a glass on the coffee table, I just pick it up and take it to the kitchen. If I leave something somewhere, he justs puts it away, etc.
There are worse things in life than forgetting dates and anniversaries. On a day to day basis, we try to make life enjoyable for each other.
If you bring up the forgotten anniversary, just say "I know you forgot. It couldn't be because you didn't want to get me anything. After all I know I'm the best thing in your life, right?"
Life is short. We try to lighten up a bit.
I can imagine if your view of women is less than friendly, they may pick up on that and shy away from you.
i just finished reading this book called the alchemist.
it is a very compelling story about following your dreams.
what i found most intriguing about the book is the depth of spirituality it brought out in me.
Yes, yes I can say that I really would like to live forever on a beautiful earth. That is one reason why I bought into all the WTS stuff. I so enjoy sitting outside viewing nature,gardening, traveling, hiking, music, etc. No, I can't think that I would ever get bored. Is it a real possibility? I do not know anymore. I know that Jesus said we could have everlasting life. But where?
i cannot be very specific with this because i do not know who is patrolling these boards to try to catch faders (like me).
my mother has been very ill for a long time due to multiple health issues, all of them stemming back to a very low blood cell count.
before i even began to have doubts, as well as my father asking me about the 1975 debacle, i kept wondering why god (i can't call him jehovah now that i know the truth) would allow such a wonderful and selfless person to suffer if all they needed was something that was produced naturally in our bodies.
Has the Hospital Liason Committee spoken with your mom? They know the latest about what fractions the JWs may take and perhaps could let her know and assure her that she may now feel free to take advantage of the "new light" concerning blood fractions. Also, is there a possibility that the doctor could speak to her in private about taking blood and getting forgiveness later? I always thought when I was in that if my child needed blood, I would sign for her to accept, and then take the discipline later.
i'm wide awake at 2 a.m., with my mind ruminating on stuff i should leave alone.
i wish i could turn it off in the night, when worries spin out of control.
let me list my concerns: this was my 26th wedding anniversary, and my husband forgot it apparently.
i sent out wedding invitations last week.
apparently they caused my parents to get a divorce.
i got an e-mail from my mother saying that she left my dad, is filing for divorce, and that dad thinks she left because she wants to go to my wedding and he won't let her.
well i was told last november that my cousin was no longer a jw and was bitter towards it.
i never made any serious attempt to contact him until the other day, my curiosity was getting the best of me.. .
so i emailed him, and asked him what was the real story on this.. .
i was reading some of the articles my mom brought home and gave to me and i was wondering do the jw's have any good ideas on a good way to live your life.
i mean do they know anything about how to live and what to do when you have problems.
i was wondering because i want to know if i can follow any of the info in questions young people ask book or are they wrong and every aspect and should i just never read it again.
Lotus,
Much of the advice from Jehovah's Witnesses is taken from the Bible. This is not from their religion, but from God himself. God does desire us to be happy and healthy, as he says in his word. So, we know that drugs, smoking, overuse of alcohol, premarital sex that could give us a disease or heartache, etc. is not going to do us good. Most of the churches give the same advice.
Also, your parents are there to guide you. That is their job. They have lots of experience in living and should not be overlooked as a source of advice.
Please, whatever you do or don't do, read or don't read concerning the Witnesses, and you may have to read alot if your folks desire you to go to meetings, DON'T GET BAPTISED UNTIL YOU ARE AN ADULT and are able to make a fully informed decision on this matter. Thanks for posting.
since i left.... so there i was, a disabled single dad bereft of all he had known or believed for 30 years.. i had moved a good 45 minutes away from the area where the events in my introductory post went down, but was now living in an area where i had resided some ten years earlier and still had a few stale connections with the organization.. i was lonely, depressed, pissed off, and really disgusted with the god i had been shown in my years of unfruitful association.. in my mind, he had made me the way i am, which apparently entailed being unable to meet his 'righteous requirements', and was going to kill me for it.
he had endowed all of us with a natural human nature (apart from our fallen sinful nature,) and now expected us to conquer our every natural impulse or desire, even the healthy ones, to survive the big a.. hold off on marriage or kids, no college, no success, no normalcy... the big a'll get ya if ya don't watch out!.
so i railed against him, defied him to just take me, do anything to show he even existed or had any power at all.. i went around saying 'god is an a$$h*le' and the like, but then i realized something that shook my world..... i was just as much a witness outside the organization as i had been inside!.
just wanted to share my story.... i was raised a jw all my life, my mother and father married and divorced twice, my mother was disfellowshipped when i was 6 and never came back, choosing a career, and went through various men.
i was raised by my very loving and wonderful father, easily father of the century in my opinion.
all my life i was a great kid, example in the hall, great grades, got a full college scholarship, etc.