Thanks, Captain.
I hope the pain wasn't too bad -- I've heard so.
CC
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The Real Purpose of the WTB&TS
by compound complex inraymond franz introduces a declaration made by uncle fred:.
still later in 1979, in fact on november 17, the day after i left .
on a "zone" trip to west africa, fred franz, now the society's .
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Raymond Franz introduces a declaration made by Uncle Fred:
Still later in 1979, in fact on November 17, the day after I left
on a "zone" trip to West Africa, Fred Franz, now the Society's
president, conducted the morning Bible discussion for the head-
quarters family. He made these comments, which one member in
attendance wrote down as they were given and passed them on to
me upon my return as a matter of interest:Some persons are now talking about reading the
Bible, that we should read "just the Bible." Well,
that's what Christendom's churches have been tel-
ling the people to do for centuries and look at the
mess that's resulted.It's good to remember that we were the Watch
Tower Tract Society for a long time before we be-
came the The Watch Tower BIBLE [emphasis: FF]
and Tract Society. Only in comparatively recent times
have we actually published Bibles. The sole purpose
of our existence as a Society is to announce the Kingdom
established in 1914 and to sound the warning of the fall of
Babylon the Great. We have a special message to deliver.--- ISOCF, by Ray Franz; RF notes that the Society's
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Thanks for sharing.
CoCo
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Fading
by compound complex init is not chains that bind me to the position i now hold .
and, that, for a lengthy time now.. i stand motionless, my eyes peering through dark curtains, they fixed steadily upon cheerful passersby on the street below my third-storey bedroom window.
by their simply being out and about in the daytime sun i perceive that, in contrast to my placid self, these happy souls are at peace with the world.
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Hi Rip:
Pillows do come with warning labels! My fave is a feather pillow. My others are too hard, with no give. Maybe I could put them to better use . . .
???
Thanks -- had forgotten this thread.
CoCo
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I Haven't Much Time.
by compound complex ini haven't much time.
conflict is on the horizon, moving ever closer toward us.
our being a peace-loving people does not mean that we are weak and ineffectual.
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I peer through my tiny glass darkly and wonder how, for so many years, I survived an overly illuminated existence in the arboretum. So hot, so stifling, so luxuriant my unbridled growth. Shunted away to a darkened hovel -- never did they say why -- I languished by degrees, till, at last, I come to be in this state of mental and physical decay.
I would leave momentarily but for limbs too weakened to sway e'en by breath of Zephyr himself. Into the earth, whence I came, will I return? I am bound at feet by entwining tendrils that halt all escape.
Nature, Nature . . . why have you forsaken me?
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Allow Me My Dreams
by compound complex intoday, today, as with all those new days before, .
i awoke from the sweet dreams of nocturnal .
flights of fancy, and that they should take .
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Icarus is out there . . .
When I'm there I'm miles away . . .
Allow me my fields of gold . . .
EXCELLENT! !
With gratitude,
CC
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Dream or Nightmare?
by compound complex ini have reached a frontier dreamt about as a child -- the outer reaches of a vast realm under stars.. though an imaginative and inquisitive lad, my forward-looking mind and open heart could never have conjured up this fabulous, this infinite unreality into which i have been catapulted.
what may appear a distortion of my former reality i tentatively accept as a cosmic tableau that threatens both to fascinate and crush my frail, puny body and spirit.
i am unable to comprehend what i gaze upon with frightened, delicious terror.. my recent escape from lunaria was of sheer necessity: my people have been overtaken by a scorpion race of alien malefactors whose intent toward us was not one of beneficient intervention but that of conquest.
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Good night, dear humbled:
Yes, I do try to create a mood.
I really was describing my place, where I have to bus my dishes from a makeshift, waterless kitchen to the bathroom wash basin. Sometimes, the dishes stack up . . .
Best wishes.
CoCo
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Allow Me My Dreams
by compound complex intoday, today, as with all those new days before, .
i awoke from the sweet dreams of nocturnal .
flights of fancy, and that they should take .
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Thank you, LisaRose, for such welcome comments!
I believe you're correct, myself having read somewhere that poets explain and interpret the meaning of life's happenings.
Peace be with you.
CoCo
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Allow Me My Dreams
by compound complex intoday, today, as with all those new days before, .
i awoke from the sweet dreams of nocturnal .
flights of fancy, and that they should take .
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He never stops, rip!
I forced my shoes, leather jacket and cap on and braved the newly arrived cold and damp.
I walked to my favorite spot and gazed shiveringly at the fog-enveloped mountains and trees -- those ghostly specters -- and perceived my childhood home beneath the actual lay of the land. Wishing there were someone with whom to share this natural beauty of intermingled present and past, up saunters a dear neighbor. A kindred spirit. He tuned in to my words; he understood.
This is the day-to-day fare from which dreams of the subconscious arise.
Creation.
THANKS!
CoCo
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Allow Me My Dreams
by compound complex intoday, today, as with all those new days before, .
i awoke from the sweet dreams of nocturnal .
flights of fancy, and that they should take .
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Ah, yes, humbled!
No more guilt. Thanks for thoughts so beautifully expressed!
Love,
CoCo