Awesome post Rockhound! And applicable to many situations in the lives of many people. It can be self medicated with alcohol or substances & distractions, but it isn't going away until it's dealt with. Better to do the work & LIVE!
gypsywildone
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Fearing the Pain
by rockhound inafter the death of her witness father, a dear friend of ours told us her mother, in deep depression, said "this wasn't supposed to happen.the new system should have come by now" .
depression is not unique to this heart broken sister.
a witness in our old hall was out in service one day with four pioneer sisters.
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When you're happy, the whole world smiles with you...
by LittleToe in.
spread some cheer, with a simple smile.. you know you want to.. you'll be ever so happy....
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gypsywildone
Hey...funny you should mention this as I had to remind myself of that very saying yesterday. The majority of peoples "gloominess" is created by the person. A persons life could seem like it was in the gutter....but if they won the lottery for a few million, 99% of their problems would seem weak. Not that money is always the problem....it's just people need some spice in their life. Spice can also be created in your head if you know how to do it.
He's a Gumbgenius!
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UPDATE: Good News About Nancy . . .
by Corvin injust stopping in to say hi and i?m ok. thanks to those who sent concerned emails.. update on nancy: she is going through counseling at a voluntary facility where she will remain for another 1.5 weeks.
we visit her often and she is very homesick by now.
she is looking forward to a fresh start, which we are all working hard to give her.
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gypsywildone
Corvin, we have been on pins & needles! Everyone was thinking about you & your family. Now it seems you are making great progress! You are a great dad Corvin!
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Which dog breed do you like?
by Panda inwell , with so many posts about pets i thought i'd ask this question.
we have 3 great pyrenees dogs.
the oldest is 11yrs and the youngest is 4yrs old.
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gypsywildone
I have 2 German Sheps & one half wolf/half shep right now. I am trying to figure out how to put a picture on here
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WHAT OFFENDS YOU PERSONALLY?
by Terry inwords?
images?
do you want to be protected from anything offensive?
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gypsywildone
What offends me personally??? Not too damn much
It'sallgood's list is sensible & quite reasonable, however today, society is full of boors. Boors pushing their spin/viewpoint/religion/politics, you name it! If I really was to be offended easily, I might walk around pretty mad
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warning people does some good
by gypsywildone inexcerpt from a note from a good friend:
what i know about jw's i've learned from you except for the few kids that would come to our house and i would tell them i had an ex-jw friend and that they need to think about going to college because they have their whole lives ahead of them to make their own decisions about religion.
also, i said if they ever needed help going to college to come to my house and i would help them get financial aid and that my husband is a teacher and would make sure that they got whatever they needed in terms of educational advisement.
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gypsywildone
Excerpt from a note from a good friend: What I know about jw's I've learned from you except for the few kids that would come to our house and I would tell them I had an ex-jw friend and that they need to think about going to college because they have their whole lives ahead of them to make their own decisions about religion. Also, I said if they ever needed help going to college to come to my house and I would help them get financial aid and that my husband is a teacher and would make sure that they got whatever they needed in terms of educational advisement. Of course, after awhile, they stopped coming because after the teenagers, they started sending the middle-aged blank-staring jwmoooonie-eyed ones. But, I told those teenagers that they could make up their own minds about their lives as soon as they were 18. So, hopefully, they heard something from that experience I shared about you and going to college and growing their own minds!!!!
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gypsywildone
Thank you Mac, & same to you!
Seriously, I have met people that get hung up on some shit that happened to them years & years ago, & don't seem to make any effort to get over it. We are not the sum total of our childhood! Sure, it has it's effects, but if a person is 45 years old & still whining about some thing that happened 40 years ago, & using it as an excuse for all kinds of phobias & dysfunction, well that ain't living to me! It's dying, killing one's self slowly, but surely. It's an excuse not to give back to humanity or even progress in every day life.
Dr. Phil says there's always a payoff. Everyone wallowing in it & rehashing it needs to ask themselves what that pay off is. Is it for attention? An excuse not to make progress in life? An easy way out of actually helping someone else? An excuse to drink?
Sure it takes effort, but it's so worth the effort! How can we help anyone else if we aren't even trying to help ourselves?
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gypsywildone
Right on Jgat! There are people who hold onto their pain & wear it as a badge, repeatedly putting it in everyone else's face instead of at least attempting to make lemonade out of lemons. Acknowledge & move on, I say!
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gypsywildone
How many people even know the correct definition of the word Bitter? : marked by intensity or severity: a : accompanied by severe pain or suffering <a bitter death> b : being relentlessly determined : VEHEMENT <a bitter partisan> c : exhibiting intense animosity <bitter enemies> d (1) : harshly reproachful <bitter complaints> (2) : marked by cynicism and rancor <bitter contempt> Vehement Pronunciation: -m&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin vehement-, vehemens, vement-, vemens
: marked by forceful energy : POWERFUL <a vehement wind>: as a : intensely emotional : IMPASSIONED, FERVID <vehement patriotism> b (1) : deeply felt <a vehement suspicion> (2) : forcibly expressed <vehement denunciations>
- ve·he·ment·ly adverb Some people obviously throw the word around without a clue as to it's meaning. They toss it carelessly in an effort to insult or inflame the other person into an argument. -
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How do you handle JWs interacting with your children?
by Nosferatu inthis has been on my mind lately.
i'll probably end up having kids in the near future, and i would not want my mother preaching to my children.. so, i must ask, how do you handle your jw relatives who try to preach to your children?
how do you deal with a "gift" like my book of bs?
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gypsywildone
We purposely distanced our daughter from Grandma JW. We didn't want her exposed at a young age to ugly pictures & hateful speech. We didn't want her guilted into trying to please Grandma JW. Now, she is a strong, independant young woman with a good BS detector & she is able to critically think & reason. What would have been the point? Once Grandma JW realized the kid couldn't be converted & had little tolerance for the JW doctrine, Grandma would have dropped her anyway.
Believe me the kid was very opinionated from a young age & would have told my mother about herself had she tried to preach that shit. What is really the need tor conditional friends or relatives?