Posts by panhandlegirl

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wallenda / is walking the wire over Atlantic City.

by panhandlegirl in

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nick wallenda is walking the wire over atlantic city; halfway over.

i'm a nervous wreck.hope he makes it..

panhandlegirl

Nick Wallenda is walking the wire over Atlantic City; halfway over. I'm a nervous wreck.Hope he makes it.

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maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

panhandlegirl

caliber, that is a very moving poem.

PHG

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Do you believe in Love?

by freeflyingfaerie in

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maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

panhandlegirl

Quendi, I'm glad that you have found someone to love and who loves you. I cannot imagine why you found it hard to love yourself or think no one could love you. You come across as a very giving and

generous person. You were giving to your students, your family, and you have given of yourself on this forum. You've been generous in sharing your knowledge with us. I believe the ability to share yourself

with others is truly a quality of love. Just saying.

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Do you believe in Love?

by freeflyingfaerie in

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maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

panhandlegirl

I believe in Love. It is a very important part of life. Love for a significant other is difficult to find, or put another way, finding someone worthy of giving your love, yourself, and your life to is difficult to find.

I am self-sufficient and find it difficult to share even my time with anyone. That sounds terrible, but that's the way it is. I am very independent. I think I love my jw sisters more than they love me or my df'd

brothers.

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I MAY VERY WELL MEET RINGO STARR!

by Band on the Run in

newflash in the ongoing addiction and mania that started at age twelve when the national broadcast news showed pictures of these english boys with very, very long hair.

i stopped by a local grocery store b/c i was not certain that a challis scarf was wool or rayon b/c the fabric content is in arabic.

thank allah for arabic numerals.

panhandlegirl

BOTR, hope you get to meet him. That would be cool.

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Thanks to everyone on this forum!

by cedars in

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today is my first anniversary as a jwn member.

it's hard to believe that only a year has passed since i joined, but i feel that's a testament to how much i have been welcomed and made to feel like part of the furniture.. i would very much like to take this opportunity to thank everyone on the forum for the immense help and assistance i have received, particularly in my first few weeks/months of posting.

it truly was a lifeline at a very distressing time for me.

panhandlegirl

Congratulations on your first year on JWN. Your contributions have been immensely helpful and interesting. Thanks for letting us get to know "Anthony."

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Faithful and Discreet Slave serves LEFTOVERS!!???

by Terry in

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panhandlegirl

When I was in my early-mid twenties my older brother, who had been an elder, was always giving me reasons why the FDS was wrong about many things. I did not believe him but his reasonings began to make inroads into my

faith in the FDS. By the time I reached my mid-thirties, I had started fading. I no longer attended meeting or did field service by "76. I don't really think I was a nit-wit. It is difficult to leave everything you have always believed and

everyone you have know for your entire life. I did it, but I still feel "in trasition." I don't belive there is any FDS nor do I believe anything they teach, but as long as the majority of my family is still in, I am not totally free. As we can

see from those on this forum that stay in the borg because they are not ready to lose their entire family, the borg has the ability to hold you hostage. I guess some don't leave out of fear or the inability to admit that everything

they have believed was a lie.

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Computer chair philosophers:

by FlyingHighNow in

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''i believe in everything, until it's disproved.

so i believe in fairies, the myths, dragons.

it all exists even it's in your mind.

panhandlegirl

I like John Lennon but can you imagine that he and Yoko could really "Imagine no possessions. I wonder if you can." I do not think John could "imagine" that. No way. It's a nice thought but not realistic. As he said," I just believe in

me, Yoko and me, and that's reality." Nevertheless, I like his and the Beatles music; listen to it every day by means of Pandora. Personally, I value my possessions. When I can't find my favorite pen or book I tear the house up until

I find them/it. Most of my friends are the same way; don't you dare take their favorite pen, they wiil search heaven and hell to find it! It's their pen!

Sorry, I don't think John is trying to make any point, he's just talking. I would not give any credence to what he said. He was a great songwriter/entertainer, that's all. It's too bad he was killed.

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Why would you make an 83 yr old woman go out in service????

by loosie in

i am trying to contact my mothers elders in riverside ca, because my mother doesn't talk to her family.

since that means at least 12 phone calls to various kh's i thought i'd start with my aunt to see what the name of the congegation is.

unfortunatly she didn't know.

panhandlegirl

BOTR wrote:

I will never forget how hard she cried. She was humiliated but would not complain. It was shaming. Family members were outraged and told her they would call someone at Bethel for her. The overseer was just some local nobody. She cried. NOt a true JW after an entire lifetime of effort. She was born-in to a member of the remnant during Russell's time.

That is really sad about your grandmother. It's hard to believe how some people can be so unfeeling.

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Why would you make an 83 yr old woman go out in service????

by loosie in

i am trying to contact my mothers elders in riverside ca, because my mother doesn't talk to her family.

since that means at least 12 phone calls to various kh's i thought i'd start with my aunt to see what the name of the congegation is.

unfortunatly she didn't know.

panhandlegirl

good for you loosie, I hope you set them in line about your mother's safety, but as another poster stated, she may need some association with these people to keep herself happy and fulfilled.

PHG