i believe that before you can love another, you must love yourself first.
some seem to loathe themselves.
others seem to adore themselves.
I do love myself
My problem is getting rid of the human chameleon/all things to all people/jw hangover....being my genuine self around others is very hard for me. I feel that loving and accepting myself should allow me to be the true me and not worry (it's subconsious, not consious worrying) what others think of wild, kookie me.
i was in the kitchen and looked over at my potholder that windchaser made me.
everytime i se it,it makes me smile
2nd post: april thank you <can you tell i'm out of posts
I just wanted to add my greetings to Windchaser, she is a sweetheart, I still hope to meet her one day.
do we have a double standard as far as jws are concerned?
yes, i know that their claims of being better than any other religion sets them up for higher expectations.
and yes, generally jws are judgemental.
Most of the time I just feel sorry for JWs, the majority of them have had all fellow feeling indoctrinated right out of them. I was a JW for 35+ years, but when my daughter died 99% of them kept their feelings of compassion at check, until they concured with the local elders exactly how they should react.
I would say in my experience, the majority are sincere...sincerely brainwashed, sincerely wrong and capable of the most inhumane treatment of their fellowman.
my daughter recieved this email from one of her witness "friends".
she is counseling my daughter (indirectly) about her choice to date a "worldly" guy.. hey, so, we had a talk recently that was about love & respect in your marriage.
the brother brought out that this was more for us witnesses rather than worldly people, because it seems that even in the truth now marriage has lost it's correct place.
Minimus, this comment from the original email really struck me:
S ee, she had dated this brother for a while, but things didn't turn out the way she hoped. And then it seemed that all of her friends were getting married, when she had hoped that she would be too. And I know that's a really hard thing to deal with. But that's absolutely no excuse to go and date a worldly guy.
It is so hard to be a young woman in this cult. If you are not married by 18, its slim pickings and you are considered an old maid....desperation time. My daughter was 21 when she took her own life. I know that the fact that all of her friends were either engaged, married, or married with children already placed a great deal of pressure on her. She was a regular pioneer for four years, and didn't have any brothers show interest in her. She met a "party witness", a young unbaptized man that enjoyed providing alcohol to young witness girls at parties. She gave in to her natural feelings of wanting to be in a relationship. Her "friends" told the elders about it, they threatened to disfellowship her, and the next day she took her life.
Please tell your daughter I wish my daughter had been able to find a nice "worldly" guy and have a happy relationship. I wish your daughter all the happiness and joy she deserves! Don't let this crazy cult member make her feel bad for doing the most natural thing in life, loving someone and being loved back...
(((((min's daughter)))))
ok folks, honestly, i know many of you have travelled some, and a few have ventured into some pretty exotic far off places.
where did you go on your last vacation?
where is the most exotic place you have visited?
Hey LB, we will be there the last week of June through the middle of July, then to the Chicago area for Makena's 30th High School reunion!!
Razorblade, I've been to Eleuthra (sp?) in the Bahamas, it has a pink sand beach that's part of the Club Med. One of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the year we went the main road was washed out by a huge storm, the northern tip of the island was unaccessible by car. I'm curious, why do you recommend it for singles?
michael moore mad a fool out of himself when he trashed the president.
i loved it when the audience starting booing him.
i'ts like these celebrities are cutting off their noses to despite their faces.
I enjoyed the way they showed all the previous years' best actors and actresses, before announcing this year's winner. I thought Haley Berry made too big a deal of her win last year....but after seeing all the past winners....all white faces, it was quite shocking to see her black face in the end.
Haley took the unexpected kiss from the best actor winner quite well. I noticed Nicole tried to get Densel to give her a kiss when she got her oscar...he have her a half hearted peck...hehehe. Sorry, milktoast Nicole doesn't do a thing for me. I was rooting for Selma, she was incredible in Frida, my favorite movie of the year. (Stepping off soap box now)
i like big cars, big boats, big motorcycles, big houses and big campfires.
i believe the money i make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts for squirting out babies.
guns do not make you a killer.
been a witness all my life all i see is negitivity,why.do you have nothing better to do than to type your life story on how you left the truth,who cares..im happy where i stand
Yo, Yo, Yo Homey!!! I just love it when brainwashed cult members use Ebonics to express themselves (haters?). What urban, hip hop territory do y'all usually chill out in? Cracker please, you crack me up....keep it real bro.
Wouldn't ya know it, my son's girlfriend lives a block behind the local KH. Everytime I drive by I get very naughty ideas of various forms of vandalism....I just laugh it off now, but at first it made me physically ill to have to drive by. I do look at how cars are parked and how many are out in service, then thank my lucky stars to be free at last!
whats everbodys favorite band, or song?
i like rock.
favorite song of all time is jumper from third eye blind.
I think for a 46 year old I have pretty diverse tastes, some of the cd's I've bought this year are: No Doubt's Rock Steady, Kylie's Fever, Sheryl Crow's C'mon, C'mon, JLo's Remix and a Global Hits 2002 which I love to exercise to. I also love Alice in Chains, I was so upset when the lead singer died, I loved his voice. I love latin style pop like Santana, and Mana. Jimmy Hendrix always raises my blood pressure a few knotches. I guess I just love music I can move to, I don't usually listen to music to chill out or meditate...maybe when I'm 76.
