i've cut my hair washing from every 2 days to every 4 days and this week, i've left it 7 days.
it's been growing much better and is in great condition!
any tips for growing your hair lush and lovely?.
I haven't seen that book before rebel8, I will check it out, thanks. I need all the help I can get, lol. I have heard sulfate based shampoos are bad for your hair, they strip the natural oils out. Someone on here mentioned the Wen products, I haven't tried them and have been curious if they're any good.
BOTR, I know Aveda has a shampoo/conditioner for color treated hair. Their products smell amazing.
i've cut my hair washing from every 2 days to every 4 days and this week, i've left it 7 days.
it's been growing much better and is in great condition!
any tips for growing your hair lush and lovely?.
I have had an obsession with hair products over the years, I have tried so much stuff I could've opened up my own beauty supply store, lol.
My hair has definately changed in texture since I've had kids and as I'm getting older. I've been growing it out, I usually have kept if fairly short but I've got it about shoulder length now. Its very dry and damaged at the moment, very frizzy and unmanagable. I have moved to a climate that my hair absolutely hates, it has been a nightmare to deal with since I've been here. I wash it every other day and I always dread combing it out after I wash it from all the tangles, even after conditioning it. I'm going to get some Aveda products this week and see if it helps.
i've talked with some good friends on the board about this before and we seem to be in agreement : one reason ( among many ) that some disfellowshipped jw's go back and return to the wt organization is because they are full of uneeded guilt or uneeded fear because they haven't educated themselves about how the wt society uses mind control tactics to deceive them into thinking they have " nowhere else to go " .
i understand that some dfed ones may go back to the organization for family and friends- however- it's an exrecise in futility because once you learn the truth about the truth you cannot undo what you heard.
so some may just go back and live a fake jw life to appease family- but just think of how that can damage a person's emotional and mental health playing the fake jw game the rest of their lives !
Just want to add....my dad even recently asked me if I had gotten baptized in the Catholic church (since where Im living is predominately Catholic)
I was like 'no dad, haven't even been to another church'. LOL He said they have nothing to offer me.
I really don't know what is being said at the meetings lately for my parents to be this way. They are otherwise intelligent people. This really has a hold on them. But I guess after 40 plus years it would.
i've talked with some good friends on the board about this before and we seem to be in agreement : one reason ( among many ) that some disfellowshipped jw's go back and return to the wt organization is because they are full of uneeded guilt or uneeded fear because they haven't educated themselves about how the wt society uses mind control tactics to deceive them into thinking they have " nowhere else to go " .
i understand that some dfed ones may go back to the organization for family and friends- however- it's an exrecise in futility because once you learn the truth about the truth you cannot undo what you heard.
so some may just go back and live a fake jw life to appease family- but just think of how that can damage a person's emotional and mental health playing the fake jw game the rest of their lives !
I am so enjoying this thread, I haven't read all the posts yet but so far wonderful comments and I can so relate to some of it.
It is amazing what the last 3 yrs or so of reading and reading some more, learning about TTATT, have done for me mentally and emotionally. The things I have learned have truly set me free of all the fear and guilt. I just cannot stress enough how much this has done for me. An example of this would be that in the past (even in last 5 yrs or so) whenever my parents would start talking about world events and 'the end' I would get so torn up inside and scared. Being told that I need to go back to the meetings if I want to survive the end of this system with my son. The would get back from an assembly and tell me things like the door of opportunity is getting ready to close like in Noah's day so I really need to do something and get back. I would literally get in a panic and try to make a go of some meetings, and then after a little while the 'hype' would wear off and I would stop going again for a while, until the next assembly or special talk, then my parents (esp my mom) would get me all worked up again on why I should go back to meetings. Just a vicious cycle.
Now when this happens, I don't have that panic feeling I use to always have. I live very far from my family now, we only have skype to keep in touch, but it's still the same thing when there is something 'special' going on within the organization, sure enough they will say something to me. My mom has been really bad lately with it, saying the world is going down the end is almost here, and that I am the only 'lifeline' that my boys have with regards to surviving the end of this system. Before, this would have sent me running back to the kingdom hall. I love my parents with all my heart, I would never do or say anything to hurt them, so I just let them talk when things like this come up. I don't say much. But what is most important, is that I have peace within myself about it and I don't let it get me worked up anymore.
Because once you know the silly nonsense of it all, there's nothing worth getting all worked up over for.
I didn't go, second year in a row. So now of course, I have made Jehovah sad and I pretty much need to get my act together if I don't want to die along with my boys in the big A. According to my mom. She didn't say it that harsh but that's where she was getting at.
had anyone heard any jws talk about the fact that a blood moon lunar eclipse is going to happen on the night of the memorial?
i can't imagine that at least some witnesses aren't saying this event is a biblical 'sign' that amageddon is getting very close.
there will be four blood moons between now and fall 2015.....a very rare celestial happening.
Thanks for the link RobertT18, I have it saved and will hopefully be able to watch it
had anyone heard any jws talk about the fact that a blood moon lunar eclipse is going to happen on the night of the memorial?
i can't imagine that at least some witnesses aren't saying this event is a biblical 'sign' that amageddon is getting very close.
there will be four blood moons between now and fall 2015.....a very rare celestial happening.
My parents sure have been talking about 'the end' more than usual lately, but they haven't said anything about the blood moon. I know there's some christians out there who do believe it will be some kind of biblical prophecy being fullfilled though, there was even a book about it that came out last year I believe.
jw's often say they don't serve with any dates in mind.
but the fact is many of them can't fathom why the end just hasn't come yet.
since 2014 marks 100 years of invisible rule many witnesses can't help but think this has some special meaning.
So during skype today, my mom said something 'momentous' (sorry if I spelled it wrong) is supposedly happening at the district convention this summer, some huge announcement or something is what I got from it. And then she mentioned them doing away with the district overseers, I asked her if she knew why and she said she didn't know. I just said 'is it to cut down on expense or something?' She was telling me I need to get to the memorial this year, which I don't plan on. I think she truly believes something big is going to happen soon. This could be a year of great disappointment for the witnesses. I mean, how many times can they cry wolf?
i was just watching the video of bo jensen, when he walked into the bethel.
although i thought it was commendable for what he did, it got me thinking if apostates are becoming more brazen in taking wt to task.
in the short time that i have been visiting apostate sites, i do feel that this is the case.
I have been more open lately with my brother how I feel, wouldn't say anything for ages, but he pretty much feels the same way about it so we have some good discussions now. I wouldn't dare say anything negative to my parents though, not worth upsetting them over. I have no desire to get into arguments with them over it.
jw's often say they don't serve with any dates in mind.
but the fact is many of them can't fathom why the end just hasn't come yet.
since 2014 marks 100 years of invisible rule many witnesses can't help but think this has some special meaning.
My brother had lunch with my mom yesterday, and she kept talking about the end of the system, how it's almost here, and trying to get him to go back to meetings. She had been out in service that morning. When he told me that I was wondering if there's anything going on at the hall for her to say that. I figured it's just the usual fear mongering to keep everyone in line. But who knows
