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  The Silver Lining ?

  by Junction-Guy in

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  so what was your silver lining in all your experience as a jw?.

  my first response is to say none for me.. .

  i guess there is a silver lining after all.

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  The silver lining for me is I having no fear of public speaking.

  I have to echo this as well. I used to actually CRY (no kidding) when I had to give "current events" all through middle school and FROZE when called on to answer a question I did not prepare to answer in front of the class. I was painfully shy. Learning to speak to total strangers about religion....got me over that fear. LOL!

  I have difficulty with speech now since I had the two strokes, but prior to that, I was going for board certification as a child advocate in the Special Education field to familiarize parents and caregivers of the mandatory Federal laws that special services FOR the handicapped that no one ever wants to tell them about. It was very rewarding but made the school administrators turn green when I walked in with the Federal Rules and Requirements books I was given and gave them a run for their money.

  I hadn't planned on a 30-year training course in public speaking....(and I am NOT EVEN going to suggest that it was "free"), but I DID come away with SOMETHING for all my effort!
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  My interview on ABC then I signed 20 books....

  by Bryan in

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  my 3 min.

  interview.

  they had asked me ahead of time not to talk of the witness connection; didn't want to piss anyone off.. http://www.kvewtogo.com/news-video/?section=9&mgid=2020.

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  I am SO sorry that I couldn't hear your interview! The video came through just fine but there was no audio! I am still very pleased with the way things are going for you!

  hugs,

  Annie
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  Youtube Music thread tonight, anyone?

  by purplesofa in

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  snowy white~bird of paradise.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxtnadvgki.

  guitar sounds sooooo good !!!!!!.

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  Mamas & Papas

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wI6uAOHzvo&feature=related

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFZPop3CRCQ&feature=related

  Beach Boys
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QCZ_bv9aLc&feature=related

  Ready for some real nostalgia through pictures?:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_UILNwWrc&feature=related

  Barbara Lewis

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnYJtORCI6k&feature=related

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze6i9Zh1b0k&feature=related
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  Youtube Music thread tonight, anyone?

  by purplesofa in

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  snowy white~bird of paradise.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxtnadvgki.

  guitar sounds sooooo good !!!!!!.

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  Two more of my super favorites of years gone by: The wonderful COMMODORES! I did see them once in concert many years ago (they were even BETTER than I expected) and the last song they sang was "Nighshift" that went on for at least ten minutes! It (and they) were fantastic!

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j0mjA06Y9M&feature=related
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  Get well, MISANTHROPIC !!!!

  by Kudra in

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  this is a get well thread for our friend mis, she has the tummy flu and needs some cyber-lovin' from her friends at jwd!!

  xoxo .

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  Sorry that tummybug took up residence in your stomach! Chase him OUT of there real soon!

  hugs,

  Annie
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  Dear Wife, so sorry I checked out and drank too much last week, and thanks

  by oompa in

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  for the encouraging wt article you printed for me.

  it also referenced an article about getting help from the elders in your congregation.

  this is the very first thing it says: .

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  As a non-drinking Christian...(snip)

  Is your status as a "non-drinking Christian" a personal choice to NOT ever imbibe, or do you feel that it rests on a biblical command to not do so?
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  Dear Wife, so sorry I checked out and drank too much last week, and thanks

  by oompa in

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  for the encouraging wt article you printed for me.

  it also referenced an article about getting help from the elders in your congregation.

  this is the very first thing it says: .

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  I would like to add one more vote to the idea of drinking heavily AS a JW, and not only "tapering off" after leaving---but actually having NO DESIRE for alcohol any longer! The last time I had a few sips of wine----I began to feel very sleepy and wished I had not had it so I could stay alert to play Scrabble with my son and grandson after dinner.

  I oftened wondered if I was becoming an alcoholic because I would be watching the clock to WAIT until the kids were in tucked away and in bed before I hit the Blue Nun (I always thought this was so funny....giggle) or the Apricot brandy. But I realize NOW that I was self-medicating, and that I COULD stop cold turkey when I really wanted to. BUT, when I was a JW----I never WANTED to. Once I put the WTS behind me.....the intense craving went away a bit at a time. Within a few months, it became a non-issue and I could take it or leave it. As of now, I have left it except at specal occasions like last Christmas Eve at my son's house---and in August when my sister and I reconciled, seeing each other for the first time since the late 1960's or so. SHE brought a bottle of wine!

  I can't tell you how many JWs that I personally knew of, that drank often and drank A LOT. None of us thought very much about it, and tattling on others just wasn't the thing to do.

  It CAN be overcome.....take it from me....BELIEVE ME...I am as surprised at this as anyone else.....but I know it works! Keep plugging away at it Oompa!

  hugs,

  Annie
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  Youtube Music thread tonight, anyone?

  by purplesofa in

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  snowy white~bird of paradise.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxtnadvgki.

  guitar sounds sooooo good !!!!!!.

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  Well...due to this thread I have had a wonderful trip down memory lane in this very snowy (18" predicted) afternoon! I went to Youtube to see what they might have on MY personal pop recording artist---Richard Marx. They had plenty!

  I love his talent, his husky voice, his sensitive beautiful lyrics, AND I am also envious of his hair. I am just of fond of him now as I was the first time I heard him on the car radio, coming back from a sad and upsetting visit, seeing someone in the hospital in Syracuse. His voice just blew me away and I have been an avid fan ever since. "Angelia" was the first song I heard him record. It is #1 on the following picks:

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=IhwBIVz69os&feature=related

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=vthNBNqAEQY&feature=related

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=oYetyTHVFMg&feature=related

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=bCFs_iXK-C0

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=9JDTAqsMNEM&feature=related

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=FBsyWdAiwiw&feature=related

  Hope you Richard Marx fans enjoy these as much as I did!

  hugs,

  Annie
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  Good JW Growth for 2007

  by voltaire in

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  dear all,.

  i don't see that anyone has commented on the 2007 report.

  i must say i was surprised with the impressive growth, not only worldwide, but in the developing countries which have seen some decrease in the last few years.

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  I would like to think that with the increasing influence on online searches coupled with the media expose's on this cult, that the householders are much more savvy about the garbage the WTS teaches. We can also somewhat rely on the idea that so many of these householders will have a family member or a former friend that has been caught up in this garbage and it is not going well for the householder ever being "sold" on the JW message any time soon. More and more people are being informed on the hideous shunning that is wrecking families, and want no part of Watchtowerland.

  This has GOT to have an impact on the "numbers", if not now.....it will be so in the next year or two.
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  Obsessed Ex-JWs----Are You One Of Them?

  by minimus in

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  are you consumed by your having been a witness?

  are you very angry all the time because of your jw past?.

  have you ever thought about recieving professional therapy?

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  Sunspot

  When I was a JW, I used every opportunity to witness to anyone that would listen.

  Now I use the opportunities provided by the internet, to try and reason with JWs to get them to see through the WTS lies and hypocrisy.

  I have a perfume called Obsession.

  hugs,

  Annie