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  What Do You Do if the Household Does Not Celebrate?

  by BluesBrother in

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  it is christmas morning ....the weather outside looks cold grey and dismal (typical britain in winter ) the house is quiet as my wife gets on with something.

  .... the street is silent, as dead as the grave.

  the tv is full of the purile nonsense that fills airtime this time of year .

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  Yes, no man's land.

  Wishing all of you well, while I digest everything I have just now read on BB's thread. It surely helps reading about how you manage.

  I'm sitting a beautiful home -- quite alone -- while friends, clients, family celebrate Christmas well out of my proximity. I had a lovely dinner with a friend last night, and we exchanged gifts. Nice. Today, I am away from the din of my "boarding house," where I rent a room. Sometimes I want company, sometimes I want to be alone, here at my DELL laptop. Normal feelings, I imagine.

  Well, Merry Christmas! Anyone doing Boxing Day? Just read up on it now and the stoning of St. Stephen.
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  Be extra careful if you choose to drive tonight.

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

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  lots of people are drinking heavily and letting their wives drive..

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  Thanks, NotNew, for the not, not new word. From GOOGLE dictionary:

  
  

  mis·an·dry

  miˈsandrē/

  noun

  1. dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e., the male sex).

     "her brand of feminism is just poorly disguised misandry"
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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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  Greetings, Happeanna:

  It's nice to see you back -- looking forward to more posts!

  Love this:

  lost loves

  resonating words

  consoles with company
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  Christmas as a JW child

  by Phoebe in

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  i am sitting here, so utterly bored and waiting for this day to be over.

  so i'm starting a new topic that probably has been done a thousand times but hey, i'm fairly new here.

  humor me :).

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  I am as overwhelmed by your story, Phoebe, as I am by the kindness of your aunt and the old man so long ago. Wish I had words!

  Love,

  CoCo

  More later, . . .
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  Your favorite teacher?

  by compound complex in

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  "a teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

  " -- henry adams.

  were both your mind and heart touched by a particular teacher?.

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  Thanks, days of future passed, for sharing that. She believed in you.

  I learned oil painting in fifth grade and still have a landscape I painted then -- 59 years ago!

  Do you still paint?
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  Speculative thoughts on Matthew 23 to 25

  by Doug Mason in

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  the speculation i am about to propose over the fifth discourse of the gospel according to matthew, which includes chapters 23 to 25, is based on the following:.

  1. up to the time that babylon destroyed the temple in jerusalem in the 6th century bce, the nation was dominantly polytheist.

  leading up to that period, the tiny monotheist “yahweh-alone” gradually exerted increasing influence.

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  Hey, Doug:

  While I write poetry, I am listening to "Solaris," Chronotope Project, Hearts of Space.
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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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  I'm not happy without you.

  Yes, you are. You make beautiful

  poetry out of your unhappiness and

  you like that.

  Poets should never marry.

  The world should thank me for

  not marrying you.

  -- William Butler Yeats and Maud Gonne
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  Your favorite teacher?

  by compound complex in

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  "a teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

  " -- henry adams.

  were both your mind and heart touched by a particular teacher?.

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  "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." -- Henry Adams

  Were both your mind and heart touched by a particular teacher?

  https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/henry_adams_108018
  
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  Christmas Eve Best Wishes To ALL of you .

  by smiddy3 in

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  it`s christmas eve here in australia today and i wish all of you a very merry xmas simply because i can without being zapped , or hauled into a jc committee.. it doesn`t matter whether you are religious or not , i`m not now , however i can appreciate and respect those who do.. so whatever your views on the matter have a great day and enjoy the holidays in whatever grabs your fancy.. and if jw`s do come knocking on your door as they do this festive season wish them a merry xmas and anti-witness to them ..

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  Thanks, smiddy, you too and everyone else here.

  Decorated my first Christmas tree this year (well, for a friend).

  Yeah, saying Merry Christmas and feeling NO GUILT!
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  Does a jw have to miss counting time for 6 months to be inactive

  by blondie in

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  how many months consecutively does a jw have to miss turning in time to be inactive?.

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  A little more background on the subject. Not much has changed over the years:

  https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/19023/you-jehovahs-witness