i think it would be safe to say that most people do not want to die when that time comes...yet, i wonder, how many people have really taken a hard cold look at the prospect of living forever...life without end.
wouldn't there come some point in time when insanity would set in....boredom would drive you over the edge.
i think you would go mad and want to kill yourself.... any thoughts?
I don't want to live forever. I live each day, hour, minute as though it was my last. I try different things, learn something new everday!
Living forever is something from my past, instilled by the JW religion. It was a fantasy and I enjoy living in the real life world better. Never did like farytales much
nj
i'm not talking about internet friends, but friends close by in your town.. so, do you have as many friends as you would like to have?.
when i was young and going to school, i had a few friends, but now i don't have any friends, but on the other hand, i'm a loner and i don't really care.
i'm not really searching for friends.
I have a grand total of 3 best friends, two have been my friends since kindergarten and 2nd grade, and the other for 15 years. I don't need a whole lot of friends. When you get more than a couple of females together they start trouble!
I do have more aquiantances (sp?) and I think that is a whole different subject. I know alot of people but I wouldn't consider them all friends.
I also am a loner, I get along well with myself and we hardly ever argue And my best male friend is my hubby, I know that sounds corny but he is!
nj
the english are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from 'miffed' to 'peeved.
' soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to 'irritated' or even 'a bit cross.
' londoners have not been 'a bit cross' since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out.
OH man, did I need a good laugh this morning!
Thanks Sim
nj
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welcome celine to this board of mostly exjws.. it is good to have you here, i hope that you will find this place insightful.
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Welcome to JWD
i posted here a couple of months ago, or less.
my home computer crashed and they cracked down on messageboard sites at my work, so the work laptop was out.
plus, i just felt emotionally burned out and just didn't want to think about it anymore.
Emilyblue,
This guy is trying to control you and it seems like you are allowing him to! You are a grown A** woman, you do not have to bend to his wishes!! GRAB A HOLD OF YOURSELF! AND DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO MAKE YOU FEEL BAD!
Sorry, This infuriates me! He is using you to make himself feel better. Run away, stay away. The JW organization has no use for women. Women are second class and you better be willing to submitt and let him rule the roost. You are to be seen and not heard.
Please get away from this man, you seem to be a very sweet person, maybe even a little naive. Get away from him.
nj
Nothing, I really tried to think of something...still came up with a blank
it's been a long time since i posted here but i often read your messages when ian (dansk) logs on.
as most of you will know, ian will be going back into hospital on monday for an allogeneic stem cell transplant and will be away from the forum for a good few weeks (hopefully he'll be back home within 4-6 weeks).
last time he was in hospital many of you sent messages to his ward and i know they cheered him up immensely.
Give Dansk (Ian) a huge hug from me. Will definetly send him emails; look forward to the updates!
nj
so i was thinking about this today and wanted to see what you guys think about fading?
for a long time i thought that this was the way to go especially if you wanted to maintain certain relationships be it with family or friends but lately i'm not so sure that fading is the best way to go and here is why.. the stress of having to go to meetings is some times overwhelmingthe amount of time you waste going to meetings when you no longer believe is time you will never get back, time that could have been spent doing something that you really do love, life is short why waste it in the hall?
the end results are the same if you are dfed, daed or fade.
I personally would not be able to stand going to the meetings, having the elders on my back, having family and friends try to save me.....It would drive me nuts.
What you see is what you get - if you don't like my decision to not be a part of your religion, I'm sorry but do what you gotta do. To me it's about respect for myself. I will not put up with someone else trying to run my life, as a child I did not have a choice, this religion was rammed down my throat, the meetings and lifestyle were forced on me and I couldn't do a damn thing about it.
When I turned 18 I made the choice to leave and leave all my support systems behind, I thought that if I accepted their help in any aspect of my life, then that would give them the green light to try and call the shots for me. So I walked away and left my entire support system behind. Fortunately for me, all the while I was growing up, I developed friendships outside of the JW web, these relationships were a integral part in making it out at such a young age with a newborn!
nj
hey all, fun with covers 5 is complete and here's the link:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzyinboa8zi.
thanks for your efforts.
That was toooo funny!
Thanks WO
nj
mother learns late in life to accept gay son as he is .
dear abby: my husband and i raised our two sons and two daughters.
one son and both daughters married well.
Wonderful story!
As a mother I could never turn my back on any of my children. I love them for who they are, not what they do, who they choose to love. No favorites here!
My mom always played favorites, she had her golden children and then there were the demonz like ME!
nj
