so i decided to attend the meeting last.
since i haven't gone in about 2 weeks, and i leave as soon as it ends, and elder decided to corner me at the end.
lately i've been through some very depressing family issues that are non-jw related so i haven't been my best at acting like i care about the org.
Oh my lord! I think I would have started laughing. I did ask my mother once what she thought her brain was for, when she avoided making decisions by deferring to her husband who had Alzheimer's disease. I asked her when she was going to start making decisions for her household. She said, classically, "when the elders tell me I can."
Face palm moments!
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me...for most of my life.. what about you?.
just lois.
who prayed for a blessing and didn't get one? Everyone who ever prayed, that's who.
im very sad, upset and disappointed all at the same time.
why couldnt i just stay away from this dam forum and live my life and blindly dedicated it to the borg.
now i know ttatt, i cant ignore all the facts and all the stories of the great people in this forum.
Well, welcome! You'll figure this all out as time goes by. Lots of good advice from folks here. My advice is relax, start to enjoy life more, don't be in a hurry to burn bridges, but go ahead and start the fade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22356306.
interesting discussion of religion in general, how their parasitic relationship with government leads to them doing anything they can to maintain the status quo, including attacking people of other religions violently.
That's my feeling, too. All religions are crap, and given the chance, quite dangerous.
for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.
Maybe not southern California. Another hellish fire season is starting already: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22391442
for those of you who have travelled the world over, which country or city will you consider the place to live in the world.
I've visited a lot of places, still feel there is nowhere like California. I lived in San Diego for 40 years, BTW, and it just isn't the same as it used to be. Too crowded, too much traffic, and too expensive. Small-town California is the place to be. I live in way way Northern California in the mountains. It's like living in a park, it's so beautiful.
However, the things that make us happy vary so much, so I can see that other people might like other places. I still have a lot of places to visit, too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22356306.
interesting discussion of religion in general, how their parasitic relationship with government leads to them doing anything they can to maintain the status quo, including attacking people of other religions violently.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22356306
Interesting discussion of religion in general, how their parasitic relationship with government leads to them doing anything they can to maintain the status quo, including attacking people of other religions violently
background: my wife and i are inactive, we stopped attending in 2005. raised as jws, were pioneers, i was elder etc... .
our kids are in college, also inactive but are baptised.
my wife went back to college, getting her degree this month at age 48!
Don't respond. Ignore it. Sounds as though it was motivated by jealously and feeling ignored. If she pursues the subject in person, tell her not to be ridiculous.
i am so tired of waking up without hope.
so tired of fighting one more day...i just want it to end as painless as possible.
i truly don't have the willpower or strength anymore..
I'm sure part of the problem, Loubelle, is that your job sucks and you can't find another one. I've been there -- it is really depressing. Might be time to borrow money from someone and go to school to learn a new career -- or move to another country. I wonder if you'd like nursing? I think nurses always have jobs or can move to a different location and find a job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/business/media/masha-gessen-to-write-book-on-tsarnaev-brothers.html?_r=0.
sort of a mcbook, i guess.
the blood has hardly dried on the pavement and this woman has had a book proposal accepted by a publisher.
Sort of a McBook, I guess. The blood has hardly dried on the pavement and this woman has had a book proposal accepted by a publisher. First one out of the gate!
