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  Did You Know You Can Have Seizures While You Sleep and Not Know It?

  by David_Jay in

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  i have to take some time off even from some of my favorite activities for a while...that means here...until i can adjust to a new medical therapy.. i just learned today that i have nocturnal epilepsy and have been having seizures almost every night for several decades!

  wow!

  just started medication that will mess me up when it comes to processing my thinking and typing for a while, so until that straightens out i will just have to read for now.. but look it up.

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  Take care, David_Jay:

  We who looked forward to never growing old, to the return to perfect health have had to make some serious readjustments in thinking and behavior.

  Wishing you the very best.
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  Householder invited to KH luncheon

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends:.

  the following is one of those now-i've-heard-everything field experiences.. this morning i went to a client's home to collect on work done.

  while we were talking, the phone rang, she picked up, and told me she didn't recognize the caller id.

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  I never thought of that, Zeb! Thanks.

  Apart from my having recognized the name on caller ID as that of a JW, still, you never know.
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  Householder invited to KH luncheon

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends:.

  the following is one of those now-i've-heard-everything field experiences.. this morning i went to a client's home to collect on work done.

  while we were talking, the phone rang, she picked up, and told me she didn't recognize the caller id.

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  Thanks, stuckinarut2, for a good point.

  But Mister, I just invited her [a total stranger] to break bread with me at church . . .

  Silly me! Witnesses don't talk like that!
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  Householder invited to KH luncheon

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends:.

  the following is one of those now-i've-heard-everything field experiences.. this morning i went to a client's home to collect on work done.

  while we were talking, the phone rang, she picked up, and told me she didn't recognize the caller id.

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  Thanks, longgone, tepidpoultry, and millie for your input.

  "Mary" is not an interested person, a return visit, but you know how it is -- we used to call back on smiles, we were often so desperate. It really appeared a cold call from a stranger to another stranger.

  What I cannot fathom is why there would be luncheon at the Kingdom Hall to which cold-called people are invited. I remember clearly, in my day, that Bible students (Bible "studies"), upon showing progress, were invited to some Witness gatherings; however, it was no mere friendly gee-we-like-you scenario.

  The JW teacher had an agenda: I'm going to get you to meetings, out in service, and see you baptized.

  Gratefully . . .
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  What strange counsel did YOU GIVE to others?

  by Funchback in

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  alright.... so in another thread, most of us have been counseled for some lame stuff, and the responses range from funny to shocking.. now, let's focus on you giving counsel to others.

  come on, don't be shy!.

  i'll begin:.

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  Being a grammar Nazi and dictionary freak, I encouraged those in the audience to use more colorful speech in their talks and ministry. Specifically, I recall suggesting they use the word ferruginous instead of red (well, actually, reddish-brown). There were other gems peppered throughout my talks. Was I going beyond the things written? This was 50 years ago!

  Our USA Midwest congregation was a little group of dear but not highly educated folk.

  What a dork I was. Good thing I never had to advise married couples . . . Now that I think about it, I did. Several are now divorced.
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  Householder invited to KH luncheon

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, friends:.

  the following is one of those now-i've-heard-everything field experiences.. this morning i went to a client's home to collect on work done.

  while we were talking, the phone rang, she picked up, and told me she didn't recognize the caller id.

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  Greetings, Friends:

  The following is one of those now-I've-heard-everything field experiences.

  This morning I went to a client's home to collect on work done. While we were talking, the phone rang, she picked up, and told me she didn't recognize the caller ID. She clicked on talk and listened a few moments before asking, "What is this about?" A few seconds later "Mary" exclaimed, "No thank you!"

  Knowing me and my past, "Mary" said she had just been invited to luncheon at the Kingdom Hall. It's not unusual for residents in our gated community to receive phone calls from JWs. I looked at the caller ID and recognized the name of the Witness. Probably a group meeting at her home because the caller, who gave her name, was not that shown on the screen.

  I am baffled -- is this an inducement of sorts, in the manner of "Rice Christianity"?

  Your thoughts, please.

  Thank you.
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  Sea and Sky

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  This has been posted before; it's a reflection of how I feel when, in my mind, I have returned to my roots: the mountains and sea, beneath the vastness of sky.

  
  

  I feel an unfamiliar restlessness in my lower body.

  Too long have I been confined to my sickbed; my mind and heart coax me arise and gaze upon the world outside. It is no longer a matter of fighting long-entrenched despair. A power beyond all that is humanly possible -- even in the most extraordinary of circumstances -- seizes hold of atrophy and regenerates what was once officially declared dead.

  In spite of myself, I arise from my imprisoning bed and, as if it were a completely normal occurrence, glide over to the French doors. I do not touch the handles, yet, in the manner of a dream, both doors open before me.

  On the balcony, I gaze upon a magnificence of terrene beauty, so long unobserved, so long forgotten. My mind does not question the why, the wherefore, nor the how. My heart says I must follow whatever direction is put upon me.
  

  I return to my room and look into the full-length mirror. I see only myself, no reflection of the room at all. Tall and erect, I stand as though in vibrant and athletic youth. Now, however, it is as an assured, mature man. Radiant. Smiling. Possessed, so it would seem, by an inner confidence emanating from my every pore.
  

  Behind me I sense a warm and comforting presence. The aura surrounding me does not compete with my inner glow but interplays with it, creating a show of light, not of spectacular brilliance but of undulating waves of luminescence.

  I am alive . . . once more. . . .
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  Sea and Sky

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  Thanks, LV101!

  You may have a point there! I always appreciate your dropping in. Funny how art and poetry get a different response on FB. Dozens of replies.

  C'est la guerre!
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  Broadcasting live from the belly of the beast

  by NikL in

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  well unfortunately i was unable to get out of today gracefully so here i am in sacramento california at what i fear may be the most boring convention to date.. heck there aren't even any entertaining apostates to watch .

  anyway,i am just posting as a quiet f.u.

  to the org..

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  My friends and family prolly rubbed elbows with you, NikL.
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  Sea and Sky

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  Esse quam videri and millie210:

  Thank you so much! I'm on FB and Photobucket. PM me, if interested.

  Gratefully,

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