This Guns N' Roses song keeps playing in my head (no, I'm not gonna tell you why) and I thought I would share it.
She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that
special place
And if I stared too long
I'd probably break down and cry
Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine
She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me
of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by
Sweet child o' mine
Sweet love of mine
Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine
Windchaser
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Sweet Child O' Mine
by Windchaser inthis guns n' roses song keeps playing in my head (no, i'm not gonna tell you why) and i thought i would share it.. .
she's got a smile that it seems to me .
reminds me of childhood memories .
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Let It Be Forgotten
by Windchaser inlet it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,.
forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,.
let it be forgotten, for ever and ever,.
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Let it be forgotten, as a flower is forgotten,
Forgotten as a fire that once was singing gold,
Let it be forgotten, for ever and ever,
Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.
If anyone asks, say it was forgotten
Long and long ago,
As a flower, as a fire, as a hushed footfall
In a long forgotten snow.
-Sara Teasdale
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IS IT PROPER TO RISE FOR A WOMAN ?
by minimus inthe 4-15-52 wt.
says it is by satanic design to untheocratically elevate the woman above the man.tipping your hat to a woman could possibly lead to improper advances.it sets a woman apart because of her sex.it is subtly disguised creature worship!.
more wisdom from the faithful slave.......
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Call me old-fashioned. I look at these things as being considerate.
I live in an area where there are very healthy older people who go for their daily walks around my block. When I have had the pleasure of being on the sidewalk at the same time, it has always given me a smile and warmed my heart when an old gent tips his hat to me.
I love men with manners. I love it when they let me get off the elevator first, when they open doors for me and let me go before them, when they rise when I enter a room. It makes me feel special. I always smile and say thank you. Wish I saw it more often.
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I Shall Not Care
by Windchaser inwhen i am dead and over me bright april .
shakes out her rain-drenched hair, .
tho' you should lean above me broken-hearted, .
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Yes, COMF. While it has been my favorite poem throughout life, sometimes it has spoken about my life's experiences. There have been people in my life that I have loved, either romantically or as a friend, who have left me cold.
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How Common is this amongst JW's?
by stevieb1 ini found this material on a pro-jw newsletter, and i've had this personal experience myself and know many others who have also.
before i became a jw i experienced a tremendous amount of "love" from the congregation i associated with, but once baptized they leave and move on to the next potential convert.
as a single person, i was never invited out to gatherings very much and always felt a little left out in the very clique-ish congregation that i attended.
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((((KJELL)))) Thank you for your warm greetings. It is very nice to meet you.
Every Sunday my grandfather (I loved him very much) would sit at the dining room table to write to his mother in Sweden. He had Swedish names of endearment that he called my sister and me, but I can't spell them. My grandmother would make Ludfisk (along with many other traditional dishes) on the holidays and my grandfather made the most delicious Swedish pancakes every Saturday morning for our breakfast.
Although I was raised in a Swedish household, my lifelong desire was to go back to my birthplace in Panama and meet my father. I did, several years ago, and was so happy to meet my family there. I would also like to meet my family in Sweden, but my grandfather's name was J. Iver Johnson and I think it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. They left me no records and all my family, except my sister, is dead now. Kjell, for all I know, we could be related!
Greetings from San Diego!
Love,
Wind
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How Common is this amongst JW's?
by stevieb1 ini found this material on a pro-jw newsletter, and i've had this personal experience myself and know many others who have also.
before i became a jw i experienced a tremendous amount of "love" from the congregation i associated with, but once baptized they leave and move on to the next potential convert.
as a single person, i was never invited out to gatherings very much and always felt a little left out in the very clique-ish congregation that i attended.
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Raven, you mentioned the scripture about orphaned children. Everytime that scripture was cited, my heart would sink, because I knew that the brothers weren't living up to it and it had taken a toll on my children and me.
I agree that jws aren't any better or worse than the world. It is just their arrogance in thinking that they are the Truth and everyone else dog poop that is a little more obvious than the rest.
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Taking in Spiritual Food at the Proper Time
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LOL "Just When You Think It's Safe to Go Into the Water"?
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How Common is this amongst JW's?
by stevieb1 ini found this material on a pro-jw newsletter, and i've had this personal experience myself and know many others who have also.
before i became a jw i experienced a tremendous amount of "love" from the congregation i associated with, but once baptized they leave and move on to the next potential convert.
as a single person, i was never invited out to gatherings very much and always felt a little left out in the very clique-ish congregation that i attended.
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Hi stevie, to have to be REMINDED to visit "friends" when you are in their neighborhood has got to be one of the stupidest things I can think of at the moment. Where is the love?
I was a single parent for a lot of the 30 years that I was a jw and I was mostly ignored. I got the token invites to the get-togethers and I will be generous and say I had one or two friends in each of the khs I attended over the years. (One of these "close" friends, incidently, ripped me off a few hundred dollars.) I was very lonely and depressed. All I can say is, that is one sick religion and I am happy that they shun me now.
Hi Kjell, my grandparents came from the Old Country and I am half Swedish. My mom married my dad, a Panamanian, but divorced him when I was little. We moved in with my grandparents in Massachusetts. My older sister remembered our lives in Panama and how warm and wonderful the family was there, always hugging and holding one another. I never saw my Swedish grandparents touch. I think it might be the custom to not show affection. But, it is true, the world-wide love of jws is shallow, at best.
Edited by - windchaser on 6 July 2002 19:32:56
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to scream or not to scream
by Incense_and_Peppermints injw women have a greater need than jw men to stay ever vigilant and attentive of the watchtower's back and forth rules and regulations which they have the nerve to teach is "new light" from god.
depending on the "new light" from the governing body, if she doesn't scream during a rape, she will be charged by the elders as an adulteress ... someone who may have actually 'enjoyed' the violent act because of her silence.
if another jw woman was raped in 1969 and she didn't scream, she would not be disfellowshipped.
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Powerful post, IandP. Wow, that "new light" is like a flicker, isn't it?