origins and prelude (edgar chronicles).
for the last several days, there has been some kind of black bird strutting about on the starbucks patio searching for crumbs.. .
i don't particularly get along with these birds.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before so that now to still the beating of my heart I stood repeating tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door only this and nothing more
quote the raven nevermore
the sea is my mother, my father the sky.. both are eternal and vast, each in their way.
as i rise slowly yet inexorably from mother's protective embrace, i reach towards father, life giver, mentor.
he draws me up as spiraling vapor that is phantom-like but possessing true substance.
Sometimes i can't help it my brain just does stuff that and it surprises me as it's coming out.
the sea is my mother, my father the sky.. both are eternal and vast, each in their way.
as i rise slowly yet inexorably from mother's protective embrace, i reach towards father, life giver, mentor.
he draws me up as spiraling vapor that is phantom-like but possessing true substance.
I had a dream that I ate a very large marshmallow and in the morning my pillow had disappeared and I called out to the sea and looked up to the sky for answers but alas there was nothing. Another mysterious spiraling vapor appeared phantom-like and yet so real i could taste the marshmallow toasted and clinging helplessly to a stick.
for you, dear friend:.
it seemed but yesterday though, heaven knows, .
time has flown since i embarked upon that .
Wolves were massing at the door
He felt the fear mount in his core
Their howling he could not ignore
He couldn't take it anymore
Then he woke up to see his black lab jumping frantically against the door with that anxious look " I gotta go"
we've frequently discussed how forums are different from real life, yet many have developed close friendships through this and other boards.
some posters are super friendly and personable and others just state their business and do not interact.
i understand human nature and cannot be friends with everyone.
I'm here because I was once a witness and the experience was interesting and I have a curiosity about how others were impacted. Sometimes I'm just here to have a little fun because humor can run wild here in a curious jw way. I guess we never really know who lives behind the avatars it's a mystery. People often think they know movie stars or talk about characters in a tv show like they're real.
Are there layers of realness? I can't see you or hear you but you leave a message and I can read it like finding an ancient piece of pottery and I wonder who made this? What were they like?
good morning i hope everyone is having a wonderful day.
there has been a lot of talk about the "new light" concerning the generation teaching.
it's been a major part of the prophecy concerning the last days and of course since jws are the only ones able to decipher and understand prophecy it is of great importance to get this main prophecy right.
1914 was the cry
soon they found it was a lie
and yet they tried to make it fly
a dream from some deluded guy
well it took awhile.
i've downsized.
got rid of my bmw.
lonely afternoon : memoir.
lonely afternoon.
i found it!.
Oh yes music is a time machine
That was beautiful
hi guys.
it's been about 4 or 5 weeks since i was disfellowshipped.
so far it's been easy, i enjoyed being left alone, no one bothering me, no one telling me i need to do more, need to reach out, questioning why i didnt go on the ministry, and the fact that my ex-wifes family cant talk to me even if they wanted to.
The way that you feel about the organization is not going to change if you return but will fester inside. Right now you are feeling stressed and missing the family feeling you once had but it will never be the same again because you see the organization for what it is. It's obvious you love your daughter but think about her long term welfare do you want her to be a JW and what will you say when she realizes you haven't been upfront with her but allowed her to be indoctrinated by an devious organization. It's tough and can be a little lonely at first but it's worth it.
Here's a famous line "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately to front only the essential facts of life and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not when I came to die discover that I had not lived".
impressions after lost horizon, by james hilton.
the valley of the blue moon, a verdant and slightly concave sprawling hollow at the foot of the largest snow-capped rock i ever laid eyes on, is not home to me, nor ever shall it be.
had i entered paradise under my own steam -- not kidnapped -- i daresay my impressions of utopia would be immeasurably more favorable.. for a certainty, i long for the hustle, the bustle, the din of my dirty and lusty city by the bay, whose roots sink deep into the ancient mire of human folly and wanton avarice.
Lost Horizon a movie I saw many years ago as a child. I loved it because I had a soft spot in my heart for shangri-la. All my life I have pursued the hope of love and peace for humanity and it caused me to try out many dreams one of which was jehovahs witnesses and always it falls through. The pursuit has been interesting and now I realize that we as humans don't know what we want or where the lines are we don't even know for sure what we are but we are all very different. I think the only society that works is the one that allows us the pursuit of happiness not the finding of someones manufactured dream of a peaceful world. We're all about the pursuit and not the finding. We're at our best when we're on the way following our dreams and making alot of mistakes. It's a bit dangerous but we wouldn't be happy otherwise.
