i got ready for the meeting.
my wife did too.
we drove out to the kingdom hall and the closer we got the higher my anxiety would spike.
I'm feeling a little silly. After reading the OP, it just dawned on me that I too had anxiety...many many times turning around and going back home...hoping I couldn't find a parking space, feeling dread as I drove down the street toward the KH.
I think I just would feel guilty about my actions rather than thinking it through and identifying the anxiety which would have led to figuring out the source. Duh.
So glad to be away from all that. Phew.
my first one!
even though i got it saturday, march 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "my dear neighbor.".
it's the thought that counts..
Rebel and Pete...lol, one can dream how that scenario would play out.
Okay, I see the invite is two-fold including the "special talk" TM. I didn't even look at it yesterday, I guess I'm so disconnected/disinterested. So even though I didn't get it time for the "free event" as its referred to as, I will still be able to learn how to be in paradise with Jesus. phew.
Jake, there is story after story of conditional love from JW family. Just heard another one in person from a visiting family from Australia. I shake my head at the cruelty of it. You will create fabulous mates outside the Borg. It's not so fast or so many, but they are true. Thank you for sharing your story.
my name is christian and my wife is katja, and we have been out of the organization for a year and a half.
we were both regular pioneers and i was a ministerial servant.
we were very much happy to be witnesses and doing our best to do more for the organization.
Hi Christian and Katja! Welcome! I too enjoy your videos and know they will help many.
We're friend on FB, and it's good to see you here.
I am always wondering, I "had" a very good friend who ended up living in Denmark and became an elder there and raised a family. I saw him a few times before I left and wonder how in the heck he could still be in. I'd like to ask you/Katja if you knew him.
Keep up the great work! x
my first one!
even though i got it saturday, march 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "my dear neighbor.".
it's the thought that counts..
It was mailed on 3/23, not sure why it took so long. I've lived in this gated complex for eleven years and I thought we were all doomed because I've not had one single attempt at contact.
It was in a hand written envelope, but no accompanying note or letter, which was not how we did letter work in the past. Just an invite thrown in an envelope.
Tech49 has a good point. JW's love to bash the "world" and exJW's with their "blood guilt" bat. The reality is they are such slackers now preaching wise. The message is still stern and condemning in the literature to the flock for just about everything...and emphasis has lessend on the preaching work. It's such a different JW world now, yet the same.
This "dear neighbor" of mine may have thought they were doing their part to avoid blood guilt, and sadly if they thought about it...it makes no sense. The cult mind...ai yi yi.
my first one!
even though i got it saturday, march 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "my dear neighbor.".
it's the thought that counts..
My first one!
Even though I got it Saturday, March 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "My dear neighbor."
It's the thought that counts.
i'm just wondering if jws keep inviting you back or if they've given up on you.. they haven't invited me for years..
many weeks ago, i apparently put "m" on today's date- wednesday, march 23rd, in my google calendar.
it was supposed to remind me that the memorial that jehovah's witnesses observe would be held today.
i was flipping through my calendar this past weekend and asked my wife "what in the world is 'm' for (that day)?
it's the forum's 16th birthday today!.
amazing that not only have we lasted so long but we're still thriving and growing.. thanks to all the people and often colorful characters who've contributed to the site over the years.
some are still here with us, some have since moved on, but all have touched each others lives in some way along our different journeys.. .
Happy Happy Birthday JWN!!!
Thank you Simon and Ang for all the hard work and time put into this site.
It was a scary place for me in the beginning, but my friend Ann O'Maly kept telling me about discussions that were going on and eventually I peeked at the site, and became a member a few years later.
I met my first exJW here, a former mod, (I think), Sassy. Since then I have made many true friends from here IRL.
Here's to many more JW finding this place and creating new lives for themselves. Cheers!!
wherever i go, i say "thank you" to clerks, servers, delivery people, hosts and hostesses and the response has become invariable: "no problem!".
have i aged to the point i'm now an old fuddy duddy who doesn't "get it"?.
is it counted mannerly to avoid, "you're welcome" in favor of "no problem"?.
LOL. I think Simon is right. I don't like it either yet I hear myself saying it from time to time as well!!!
please post your favorites too.
my favorite quotations:.
you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.. don’t think of cost.
So many...
Stop looking in the rear view mirror...it's not where you are going. (Told to me by kindly exJW on here.)
Most people are doing the best they know how. When we know better, we do better.
You can't change what you don't acknowledge.
The Four Agreements...I use daily;
-Be impeccable with your word.
-Don't take anything personally. (Hard to do)
-Don't make assumptions. (Really hard to do.)
-Always do your best.
