i made it through my first week without a cigarette.
it still seems odd that a cigarette is no longer the first thing i think of when i wake up.
this is the first time it has happened in 20 years.
Robyn
I smoked for 30 years before I finally gave it up about 17 years ago. I know what you are going through. I dreamed I was smoking for almost a year. You will be amazed at how much better you feel. Your really good friends will tell you how much better you smell. Congratulations! Hang in there. Everyday you don't smoke is a major victory.
ok.....i really need to have a personal bible reading again with no ones ideas but my own.
just me god and the bible!
i will most likely be looking in others but for 15 years the new world translation has been my base bible along with so-called bible-based literature.
UR
I prefer the Jerusalem Bible myself. It is well written with great references in the NT to the OT where some of the stuff came from. It has a few extra books because of its Roman Catholic roots, but they don't detract. I believe it to be fairly accurate as those things go.
this is an email received today.
what do you make of it?
a bit dodgy or what!
I get these quite often. It is all a hoax. Some must be falling for it for they keep sending them out.
dear everyone, my dad died suddenly and unexpectedly at the weekend.he did'nt turn up for a family dinner and my husband and i went to see if he was ok.he was dead.collapsed in his home.i can't stop shaking and i feel really sick.i've lost my mum and now my dad too.i wish i could sleep for months and wake when the pain has finished with me.
it hurts so much .sorry to bring everyone down-but i'm stressed at having to sort out his arrangements due to the autopsy and funeral etc and the house and my feelings.
; i just wanted to tell you all as my husband's gone for a walk and the children are asleep and i'm feeling scared about viewing his body, but i know i'll have to and i feel guilty for feeling like that.stupid thoughts racing through my mind at the moment-need to 'hear' a friendly voice .
Termite
I am so sorry about your loss. However, you can take solace in that he went quickly and did not suffer a long lingering terminal illness. I would like to go like that even though it is a bit hard on those left behind. You can be certain that he survived the experience and is now dealing with a new experience without the limiting human concepts of body. He may come to you in your dreams since you didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
forgive me just really venting here.
as some of you may know my mom suffered an accident about 1 month ago, she fell down a flight of stairs.
luckily she didnt break anything, she just had a minor concussion and some stitches on her head.
If your mother doesn't remember falling, it could be that she suffered a stroke. This should be reported to her Physician as soon as possible.
i'm 17. i was disfellowshipped almost two years ago.
i am the youngest of four kids and am the only left at home.
i live with my dad who has sort of faded from the jw scene.
Meth
Perhaps you can take comfort in this line from The Master's Notebook which is contained in Richard Bach's book, Illusions.
"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof."
i just saw the elder who made me try to kill myself.
he put me on prozac, and helped me leave the jws because of his evil nasty ways.. he was being carried from his house in an ambulence, and despite my best efforts, i felt bad for him!!!.
i really wanted to laugh but found myself stopping to see if he was ok. .
I like the idea of sending a get well card. It comes under the heading of what the bible calls "heaping coals upon their head".
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 411).
" (the watchtower july 1st 1963 issue, page 413).
" (the watchtower july 15th 1963 issue, page 446).
It is very clear that these rules are for "organizational maintenance". They care nothing for the people involved.
mrs ozzie and i are enjoying a week in the blue mountains at a convention (no, not a district convention!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
) but we didn't want to miss out on our customary poll, so we're sending this from a very welcoming cafe in scenic katoomba.
check it out on the web.
#9, #10, #11. They accept help from the Red Cross and Salvation Army, but don't give it.
this is a bit off the jw topic but some here are great at activisim.
an i need ideals and support with a petition.
the situation is one that is quite personal to me.
Xandria
You don't say which state you are in. The laws about moving graves vary from state to state. Kingspawn is right, publicity is necessary in order to keep the polititians in line. Contact a cemetary association in order to find out what the laws are in regard to moving graves. If no one cares or knows, the polititians will ignore the laws.
