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  The Sadness of the Poet

  by compound complex in

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  i feel a sadness so deep that friends wonder why my art and my blinds remain undrawn.. gone is the muse who promised me solacewhile guys played ball and climbed tall trees.. a blank canvas before me says, "here's your life, where has it gone?".

  is it too late to become what imight have become .

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  The Sadness of the Poet

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i feel a sadness so deep that friends wonder why my art and my blinds remain undrawn.. gone is the muse who promised me solacewhile guys played ball and climbed tall trees.. a blank canvas before me says, "here's your life, where has it gone?".

  is it too late to become what imight have become .

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  With no more than the fierce beating of my heart as your signal,
  Please, hasten into my presence and cherish me as none other.

  You are sweet and delectable and gently remove from my jailed
  Heart shackles that have too long confined my delicate passions.

  You, sweet savior, are my liberator, whose glance, whose touch,
  Whose kiss shall revive my lifeless soul, long ago declared dead.

  My window is always open to you and your cherished company.
  Upon wings of desire descend from on high into this, my world,

  And light softly, so softly upon my petal-strewn chamber floor.
  Sick with unrealized love, I can bear cruel aloneness no more.
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  Major congregational quake in Southern California

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this notice is not official yet and it should be confidential until released thru the proper channels.

  a friend of mine told me about a huge elders meeting in southern california.

  the subject was the relocation and dissolution of some congregations; it seems that this is the result of some project that has been going on for some time and is going to be implemented right now.. please let me know if this is happening all over the country?.

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  Mr. Flipper:

  Greetings.

  Reading your comments with interest. I don't know anything about finance. I just assumed -- wrong thing to do -- that with big bucks, WT wouldn't need loans for their work. Of course, well-to-do people I know have mortgages.

  Not asking for what you cannot disclose.

  Thanks, as ever, for your perspective on things . . .
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  VERTIGO: 'My head is moving through space where, in reality, it is not.'

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, fellow posters:.

  wishing you well and offering my sympathy if you've ever experienced vertigo.

  my neighbor is a physical therapist and told me about the epley maneuver, which i am now researching.. have you ever been through this hell of total incapacitation?.

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  ZAPPA-ESQUE: That is hilarious and will keep my head spinning -- in a good way! THANKS!

  ShirleyW: Goes to show that one treatment does not fit all. I understand your misery. Thanks for sharing!

  flipper: A one-time janitor, I relate to the stress of incapacitating illness and inability to get to work. Likewise, my family helped when I was down and out, but for other reasons at the time. My first episode ever -- referred to in the OP -- was when I was 54. I can understand your thinking it was a stroke. Like you said, you wouldn't wish vertigo on your worst enemy. And to think, yours lasted that long! Thanks for telling your story -- a good but scary one!

  je.suis.oisif: You've seen it, then, first hand. So sorry about your daughter's suffering. Thank you.

  LisaRose: Your husband was lucky he could pull over -- WHEW!!! What's maddening is going to a doc and finding nothing wrong. I was told by our therapy center to come in when you're having the attack -- SURE! But I get the point. Thanks!
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  VERTIGO: 'My head is moving through space where, in reality, it is not.'

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, fellow posters:.

  wishing you well and offering my sympathy if you've ever experienced vertigo.

  my neighbor is a physical therapist and told me about the epley maneuver, which i am now researching.. have you ever been through this hell of total incapacitation?.

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  Greetings, bobcat, LisaRose, nonjwspouse, and Sail Away, and thanks for sharing your experiences. They have been very helpful.

  When I first experienced vertigo, some 13 years ago, I had no idea what put me on the floor, unmovable, for 10 hours. A friend brought me Dramamine, which helped. I don't even know how I contacted my friend -- the phone was dead.

  Doc said it was a virus.

  Appreciate your concern . . .
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  Do you have / admire Charisma?

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "charisma is a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which the person is set apart from ordinary people and treated as exceptional".

  as a kid i was afraid of such charisma, as it was usually the quality i noticed elders, head masters, and parents had to exercise with unloving authority over me.. but now i think about it "charisma" doesn't need be only for people with authority.

  " charisma" is something even we can have?

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  Yes, FHN, some individuals are alluring in spite of their plain looks (or unattractive looks).

  Remember Fanny Brice's "My Man"?

  "He's no hero out of books, and not much for looks, my man . . . but I love him so. . . ."
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  How Do You Stretch Your Food Dollars?

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear budgetarian grocery-buyers,.

  i am an artist though hardly a starving artist.

  some of my patrons kindly feed me and i do have my well-stocked freezer.

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  Thank you, bsmart and nonjwspouse, for bringing this back. Love your recipes!

  I still am strrrretttccchhhing my food $s!
  
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  VERTIGO: 'My head is moving through space where, in reality, it is not.'

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  greetings, fellow posters:.

  wishing you well and offering my sympathy if you've ever experienced vertigo.

  my neighbor is a physical therapist and told me about the epley maneuver, which i am now researching.. have you ever been through this hell of total incapacitation?.

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  Thanks, Nancy and LifesNotOver:

  So kind of you to reply and send good wishes.

  My head has ceased spinning when I lie down. I'm mobile again. This, my longest bout ever, was some 24 hours.

  Your type of long-term episodes, LNO and Nancy, were brought to my attention today by a friend who was out of action for 2 months. Of course, it's brought on by different medical reasons. Your ear and sinus infections were the reasons for what you both described. So sorry!

  Grateful for dear friends like you . . .
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  Do you have / admire Charisma?

  by The Rebel in

  1. jw
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  "charisma is a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which the person is set apart from ordinary people and treated as exceptional".

  as a kid i was afraid of such charisma, as it was usually the quality i noticed elders, head masters, and parents had to exercise with unloving authority over me.. but now i think about it "charisma" doesn't need be only for people with authority.

  " charisma" is something even we can have?

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  That's you, FHN!

  Nicely and honestly stated. You're radiant but neither overpowering nor intimidating!

  Love . . .
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  Who really is the faithful and discreet NATHEER SALIH ??

  by Calebs Airplane in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  we know he was faithful to frederick franz (or frederick franz was faithful to him).. we know he was discreet because so little is known about him today.

  for example, we know that he was in the writing department (even though he never professed to being a jw), that wore expensive jewelry and that he was frederick franz spokesman (or did i get that backwards?)....

  also, much has been said about salihs strange hebrew-to-english bible translations (supposedly used by frederick franz when writing certain wt articles) and several illuminati and/or freemason conspiracy theories have been analyzed, yet this guy has managed to slip under the radar almost completely unnoticed by all jws and will probably be completely forgotten in just a few years.. so, who really is the faithful and discreet natheer salih?

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  You're correct, Nathan Natas:

  I was not considering all the possibilities. My name is so unusual, however, that my internet search indicates none another that myself. Back to the OP, I do know one of the Mr. Salihs!

  I appreciate the point you have made.