Lost Diamond

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  For Valentines Day

  by Elsewhere in

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  Lost Diamond

  Awwww....how special!!

  It would be so nice to have someone to send this to.....

  Edited by - Lost Diamond on 11 February 2003 23:9:4
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  SEX, monogamy, baboons, etc.

  by DanTheMan in

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  ok, there's this (supposedly married but sometimes that doesn't mean much)guy at work that the girls are sooo into, they just fall at his feet.

  and yes, he is very good looking, one in a thousand maybe.

  you should have seen the way they did up his work area for his birthday today.

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  Woman may also feel attracted to the opposite sex, even if she is married. Hey, we're not dead!! Whether she will act on it depends how much she values her relationship, and of course her morals.

  It seems to me that men are more accepting of other men having extra curicular activities outside of marriage or a serious relationship. They claim that this is natural and it's just survival of the fittest. I'm curious....how many men here would like their ladies to have a little "extra curicular" activity going on on the side?
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  Do you believe in Angels, or any experiences?

  by LyinEyes in

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  i was just wondering if any of you have had any experience with seeing an angel or experiencing some kind of guardian angel type thing?

  personally i had an experience as a little girl, seeing an angel in my room, but it was probably a dream, a reoccuring dream and the angel always looked the same.

  in my adult life , being jw , i never had any experiences.

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  Although I have never experienced anything too unordinary, I do believe we have guardian angels/spirit guides that watch over us. Too many times when I have had difficult and sad times, I have prayed (not to Jah, but to a higher source) with all my heart and I have felt a sudden peace come over me. I really felt that something was with me and sending me love and understanding. I especially felt this during the time I started to fade away from the Org. This helped convince me that I was loved, even though the Elders told me God would leave me. I have always felt as if something/someone is watching over me.

  My mother has also had experiences when she was a child, and now as an non-active JW. Her stories send chivers down my spine. She will admit that she believes in angels and guides, even though the Elders wouldn't want her talking about her experiences. She too feels their presence.

  Because I was basically raised as a JW and taught that almost everthing is demonized, I have found it hard to come to terms with these feelings, but I know they are real within me. That's all I could go by for now....just my gut feeling.
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  At what age do you plan to retire?

  by JH in

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  so many people start working young in life, and expect to retire around 58 years old.

  some even retire much before that.

  but so many witnesses never expected to reach that age in this system.

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  I work for the government and I have PERS, so I hope to retire when I'm 55.

  Edited by - Lost Diamond on 10 February 2003 21:5:9
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  Were People Always Trying To Give You Advice?

  by minimus in

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  did you find that people , either in the congregation, or in general always tended to try to tell you what you should be doing?

  were you always given counsel by the brothers or sisters to "help' you?

  how did you react when certain ones were always ready to tell you what you should do?

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  Lost Diamond

  HI vivian!

  I hope to see at the next meet-up too!
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  Couple sues McDonald's over tough bagel.

  by LuckyLucy in

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  posted on sat, feb. 01, 2003

  couple sue mcdonald's over tough bagel .

  associated press

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  People will sue for anything!! That's right...they shouldn't even be eating there!! That wife is slowly killing her own husband off by contributing to his eating that junk.
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  Were People Always Trying To Give You Advice?

  by minimus in

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  did you find that people , either in the congregation, or in general always tended to try to tell you what you should be doing?

  were you always given counsel by the brothers or sisters to "help' you?

  how did you react when certain ones were always ready to tell you what you should do?

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  I listened and I was nice about it. I just smiled and acknowleged at what they were saying. But, I am confident about what I choose to do...I have a strong will. I listen, but that didn't mean I am going to follow everybody's advise. I like to feel I made my own choices, and am living my own life. If I could use their advise, fine. If not, no problem.
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  When you want something really bad.

  by Vivamus in

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  *sigh* you know when you want something really, really bad, and suddenly you get it, and you wonder if its gonna last, and if its for real?

  i got that now with my dad.

  after 23 years of not being in touch with the man, i am having a good relation with him.

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  Vivamus,

  Just enjoy it and don't worry about it. I lost my Dad 3 years ago after he had heart surgery, and there is so much I wish I would have said to him. I wish I would have spent more time with him.

  Imagine never having had the opportunity you are having now. Imagine what it would have been like if you never connected with your Dad. Imagine if you never got to laugh with him and talk with him like you are now.....not to share a smile with him. Isn't that what you were afraid was going to happen? But, now you are in the present...you are experiencing what you were afraid would never happen!

  Enjoy the present, and not if it's going to last. You are building memories that you and your father will treasure for years to come. Do all you want to do together now. You lost him, but you got him back! I will never have my own Dad back......
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  Past Life: Who were you?

  by simplesally in

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  http://www.halloweenhowl.com/pastlife.htm.

  here's what it said about me: diagnosis:.

  i do not know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.. you were born somewhere around territory of modern arktik approximately on 1650.. your profession was warrior, hunter, fisherman, executor of sacrifices.

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  Diagnosis:

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  I do not know how you feel about it, but you werefemalein your last earthly incarnation.
  You were born somewhere around territory of modernSpainapproximately on1675.Your profession wasseaman, cook, carpenter.

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  Your brief psychological profile in that past life: Natural talent of psychologist, you knew how to use the opportunities. Cold-blooded and calm in any situation.

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  Lesson, that your last past life brought to present: Your problem -- to learn determination and persistency. Every misfortune should crash upon your strong will.

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  Now you remember?

  Edited by - Lost Diamond on 8 February 2003 3:7:24
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  Somebody Said

  by Scorpion in

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  subject: somebody said...... .

  somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby .

  somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, normal is history.

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  Lost Diamond

  Just about two days ago my 10 yr old son put his little arm around me and told me just out of the blue, "Mom, you're like a rare rose in a garden of weeds". It just touched my heart!!! There are other kind words my little munchkins have told me that I never forget to jot down on my journal.....those memories are priceless. They lift my spirit.