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  What is Most Essential for HAPPINESS, ?

  by caliber in

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  something to do, someone to love, or something to hope for ...do you need all or just some of these for a fulfilling life ?.

  which one is most essential or are all equal in importance ?.

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  caliber

  Where do most people go to satisfy their pursuit of happiness? They try to satisfy the criteria in their mind that tells them what they have to do in order to feel good. That might also mean doing things to compensate for fears and beliefs of something painful happening. The end goal is happiness and all the beliefs, fears, assumptions, and perceptions in the mind dictate the path. You can find these beliefs hiding behind thoughts or comments like, “Ill be happy when…” or, “I would feel much better if..”

  http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/pursuit_happiness.htm

  some people waist their life chasing a feeling,

  I disagree I think emotions have everything to do with happiness. You may pursue happiness and seek to assure it through

  education but the ultimate goal when you arrive is happiness which is emotion or feelings
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  What is Most Essential for HAPPINESS, ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  something to do, someone to love, or something to hope for ...do you need all or just some of these for a fulfilling life ?.

  which one is most essential or are all equal in importance ?.

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  caliber

  Humans are social, and wither and die in isolation. Someone to love also bestows hope.

  Mindless doing without love or hope is quite meaningless, and will never fill the emptiness that lack of love or hope will surely cause.

  There is one step to creating happiness. It is to express love. When you express the emotion of love you create happiness and joy within yourself. Happiness is not just a state of mind. Happiness is also a state of emotion.

  It is easy to overlook our critical role of expressing emotion in creating our happiness. We are inclined to think of our emotions as a response to people and material things

  http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/create_happiness.htm

  Love and happiness need to be entwined... because it is outward expressing of our love that creates inward feelings of happiness . Happiness springs from inward to outward. It dwells within us , it is not for other people to determine our ultimate happiness or unhappiness .

  Happiness may take many forms but it is the underlying motivator in most of our decisions .
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  What is Most Essential for HAPPINESS, ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
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  something to do, someone to love, or something to hope for ...do you need all or just some of these for a fulfilling life ?.

  which one is most essential or are all equal in importance ?.

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  caliber

  that would be something to hope for I guess hahahaha!
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  What is Most Essential for HAPPINESS, ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  something to do, someone to love, or something to hope for ...do you need all or just some of these for a fulfilling life ?.

  which one is most essential or are all equal in importance ?.

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  caliber

  something to DO, someone to LOVE, or something to HOPE for ...do you need all or just some of these for a fulfilling life ?

  which one is most essential or are all equal in importance ?
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  Sooo Armageddon comes....

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  so let's say armageddon comes,do you believe that all jw's would be destroyed because jehovah knows it's a false religion...it can't be denied,for the most part,they try to live by the bible...if anybody has to be punished i would say it's the leaders...i know that god wouldn't judge a whole organization but persons individually....so what i'm trying to ask is....do you think you're in a better position right now not for freedom but for salvation than the witnesses??

  if by the time you're finished reading this post armageddon is here...would u wish that you still were a witness or are you satisfied that you've made god proud?.

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  caliber

  Words like punishment , obedience , requirements & Armageddon provoke deep feelings of either anger or aversion among ex-JW's.

  You can call it denial or simply that they have changed your core beliefs..so it does not compute well !

  Things that need to be considered ...

  love vs fear

  compassion vs judgement

  grace vs " undeserved" kindness

  “Rules for Happiness:
  something to do,
  someone to love,
  something to hope for.”
  Immanuel Kant
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  Sooo Armageddon comes....

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

  1. jw
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  so let's say armageddon comes,do you believe that all jw's would be destroyed because jehovah knows it's a false religion...it can't be denied,for the most part,they try to live by the bible...if anybody has to be punished i would say it's the leaders...i know that god wouldn't judge a whole organization but persons individually....so what i'm trying to ask is....do you think you're in a better position right now not for freedom but for salvation than the witnesses??

  if by the time you're finished reading this post armageddon is here...would u wish that you still were a witness or are you satisfied that you've made god proud?.

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  !F anybody has to be punished i would say it's the leaders...i know that God wouldn't judge a whole organization but persons individually..

  The ONLY "sin" of man that Jesus vigorously condemned... was hypocrisy.
  Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have beliefs, opinions, virtues, feelings, qualities, or standards that one does not actually have. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a kind of lie . And in the original Greek, hypocrite is defined as "actor." Actors pretend to be someone else entirely.
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  Fredrick Franz had a horrible personality!!

  by Witness 007 in

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  caliber

  horrible .... synonyms

  terrible,awful,appalling,frightful;hideous,, ghastly, shocking, revolting, repulsive,horrid,horrendous,horrifying,repellent

  Wouldn't these words better decribe someone more like "The Humpback of Notredame " ? ...... just sayin '
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  On JWN .. are you a teacher or student ?

  by caliber in

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  likely most poeple feel that they at times can and should be both , that is a teacher or a student.

  i know i have learned and gained much insight into many things here.. but most often.

  fail to make acknowledgement... not sure why i guess i hate for a person to feel i am flattering them or kissing up.

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  caliber

  TD stands out to me as a teacher.... his post are clear, concise well thought out with no hint of egotism

  or judgement , thus making his arguments easy to accept . His double space posts makes it easy to follow ( something I first borrowed from him )

  Thanks to Talesin for her kind thoughts .. it means that much more to receive commendations from a person I already highly respect .

  The best teachers most likely not express that about themselves ... for they are true teachers doing it for love of knowledge

  and to sincerely aid others !
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  On JWN .. are you a teacher or student ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
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  likely most poeple feel that they at times can and should be both , that is a teacher or a student.

  i know i have learned and gained much insight into many things here.. but most often.

  fail to make acknowledgement... not sure why i guess i hate for a person to feel i am flattering them or kissing up.

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  caliber

  Why not acknowledge via PM, telling the person specifically how they have helped you? ~~~Ding

  This is good advice.... I think I fail because of the hurt suffered over the years in becoming to close to

  people at the KH... I share knowledge but withhold personal feelings ... I am sorry.. I regret this overguarded flaw in me

  and but even now feel exposed & vulnerable in sharing it with you !
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  On JWN .. are you a teacher or student ?

  by caliber in

  1. jw
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  likely most poeple feel that they at times can and should be both , that is a teacher or a student.

  i know i have learned and gained much insight into many things here.. but most often.

  fail to make acknowledgement... not sure why i guess i hate for a person to feel i am flattering them or kissing up.

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  caliber

  @Yknot I get nervous when people tell me to pull things !! hahahahaha !

  humor and fellowship makes learning and accepting things so much easier , relaxed & fun