It is good for Witnesses to see that former Witnesses are doing just fine and living "the real life"
I think so too. That was one of the many things that woke me up. I had assumed my step Brother was inactive because he liked to have premarital sex with his lady and smoke pot all the time. I thought he didn't want to fess up to the fact he was wrong and he was just being stubborn.
Sure he does those things, but upon further examination and spending some actual time with him, I found that he has one of the happiest peaceful lives I can imagine, he writes songs that move me to tears faster than any other song can, and I think he's got a beautiful pure heart. He has a song that starts out happy and funky and God is creating the world "and it was good". Then it goes sad and he looks down and sees the world and "It was bad". We both sang and cried together and I felt more spiritually connected with that song than I ever had at a meeting.
Anyhoo, after spending some time with my step family I could feel the difference between a struggling witness personality and a person being true to themselves. He could be himself and be wonderful and my sisters were constantly going back and forth between laughing with me and telling me how much they missed my laugh, to judging me and preaching to me. They hardly let their authentic self out of the box. They seemed miserable compared to a person who has been freed to be "real".
Also, I don't think every witness likes their bubble. I never felt easy breezy for more than a month at a time. It was like being bi-polar. I'd LOVE field service and then be horribly depressed.
~fmy
