Posts by MsGrowingGirl20

i guess that's why i started to run crazy with ideas and had such a burning desire to change myself and to find myself and to figure out who i was and now who i should be.

i wanted to be in stark contrast to the org.

After living a life where individualism and almost everything else is wrong, you kinda go crazy with excitement when you finally can be yourself. I guess that's why i started to run crazy with ideas and had such a burning desire to change myself and to find myself and to figure out who i was and now who i should be. I wanted to be in stark contrast to the org. The struggle is still going on but I think that I have some more insight now.

I was thinking of growing dreadlocks, in fact i even started to. Why? Because i was opposed to everything JW and just wanted to be different. But that's just like trying to get back or take revenge on the organization and I'm so over that. I'm not going to let them dictate my life anymore. I wasn't even happy with it but i wanted to see those brthers and sisters cringe when they see me.

There's also this girl that I know who got df about 2 months ago. She has two young kids but is so focused on showing the org who's boss and being so opposed to it that she is bar hopping almost every night with this guy, taking up all these different classes and sad to say, she is neglecting her children.

What I've learnt is that sometimes we're so focused on hurting the organization and showing how opposed we are to it that it can damage us. And we'll still be allowing it to control our lives.

Move on.

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If Someone Goes To The Memorial It's A Huge Deal! Do You Know Why???

by minimus in

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friends

i believe that if a non regular meeting attender shows up for at least the memorial "celebration", it's a sign, that possibly, the person is saveable.

not all hope is lost for them.. i heard that last year, the rumour was that i was going to show up and sit with my mother....(of course, that never happened).. so, if you attended or if your family member or wayward friend showed up, they might have a chance for everlasting (earthly) life, after all!.

MsGrowingGirl20

"Deep down, he/she knows we have the truth" is exactly why i didn't go this year

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So...What Are YOU Doing Tonight?

by minimus in

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friends

i think i'll go to my favorite`watering hole and help "celebrate" tonight's festivities.. what are you doing this evening?.

anyone going to the "lord's evening meal"?.

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MsGrowingGirl20

I just got home from school aand I'm chatting with a 'worldly' friend about her birthday party next month. After I'm gonna study my tail off for exams!

This org has tainted me so much from spiritual things.

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How do you think the Memorial should be celebrated? How are you going to spend it?

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

for the first time, i realize that many people have different views about this.. some people believe that all should partake, others don't believe that there should be a memorial.. some are going to the hall, others are having their own celebrations still others are just going to be doing normal activities.. how do you think the memorial should be celebrated?

how are you going to spend it?.

MsGrowingGirl20

For the first time, I realize that many people have different views about this.

Some people believe that all should partake, others don't believe that there should be a Memorial.

Some are going to the hall, others are having their own celebrations still others are just going to be doing normal activities.

How do you think the Memorial should be celebrated? How are you going to spend it?

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What do you have to do to qualify for reinstatement? Just curious.

by cobaltcupcake in

i da'd so i doubt i could ever qualify for reinstatement, even if i wanted to.

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i'm curious what criteria you have to meet for a jc to reinstate you..

MsGrowingGirl20

my friend told me that she has to write sum letter

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Things we missed out on :(

by lilbluekitty in

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friends

anyone else get really mad sometimes about the fact that we missed out on proms, dances, sports games, being in sports, being in band, being in clubs, or going to college, or even getting good grades since armageddon was always "right around the corner"?

even if i went to college this year (at age 28), i'd be 10 years behind everyone my age!

i'm still going to go back but i feel so upset sometimes how far behind my peers i am in just about everything, including in the working world, where i am an entry-level employee with only a high school diploma (thankfully i didn't quit school to pioneer!!

MsGrowingGirl20

YOU LOSE SOME BUT U WIN THE REST!

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new member- my story

by AndDontCallMeShirley in

"that which can be asserted without evidence, can.

be dismissed without evidence.

" - christopher hitchens.

MsGrowingGirl20

Welcome :-)