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  10 things to do before you die....

  by lfcviking in

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  in no particular order, how about..... 1. do a sky dive/bungee jump.

  2. meet the ruler of your country.

  3. go to a football world cup final.. 4. do a streak whilst pissed out of your head.

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  berylblue

  Even if everyone does everything on their lists, it won't change their lives. They will still be the same people, with the same relationships, and the same problems (but probably less money).

  Respectfully, you don't know that. Perhaps going to Japan WILL change someone's life. Maybe if I do quit smoking and take dance lessons, I'll gain more self-confidence. If I force myself to learn to play Year of the Cat on the piano, I'll have developed tremendous patience.

  As far as less money, I don't have any but if I did, I'm not planning on taking any of it with me. Both my daughters have much,much more money than I, so they can get my insurance money, but I'm not into stockpiling assets for them to have when I die. Just love and memories.
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  10 things to do before you die....

  by lfcviking in

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  in no particular order, how about..... 1. do a sky dive/bungee jump.

  2. meet the ruler of your country.

  3. go to a football world cup final.. 4. do a streak whilst pissed out of your head.

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  berylblue

  I think it's more than worthwhile to set goals for oneself, something I tend NOT to do. So thanks for this topic.

  I, for one, get so mired in the day to day living I don't project into the future. I am not even sure what I like to do anymore. Some days, my only goal is to get 7 hours of sleep. So this exercise will be difficult for me, but here goes:

  1. Go to Italy and visit my relatives and definitely see Venice

  2. Write a book and get it published

  3. Spend some time with Al Stewart and actually tell him HOW his music has orchestrated life; when I see him briefly I get very tongue tied which is stupid, because he's a really nice and friendly man. Thank him in person, not just in writing

  4. Take time to thank those (still living) who have made an impact on my life - this is something I can start doing now

  5. Quit smoking and take dance lessons with the money

  6. Apologize for any wrongs I have committed and any feelings I may have hurt - again, good to do on a daily basis but there are some long standing things to which I need to attend

  7. Learn to appreciate every moment of life and make the most of each day

  8. Learn to play "Year of the Cat" on the piano

  9. Finish the poem I've worked on for over 20 years - it has to be PERFECT and it's not yet

  10. Buy something for once without looking at the price tag first
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  Hello, I'm new...

  by IcingHeart in

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  i just joined this forum today after reading the comments on today's watchtower (which i have to attend in about an hour unfortunately).

  i was raised in "the truth" and it was only recently that i began to listen to a close friend of mine as he pointed out the secrets and lies that is the watchtower society and governing body.

  even though he was informing me for almost a year, he never gave up on me.

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  berylblue

  Welcome!
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  NOW Is The Time To Sell Your Old Gold!!!

  by minimus in

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  with gold over $1,000 per ounce, i'd recommend that you sell it!

  it will be only worth the scrap prices but you might be shocked to see how much money you can get!!

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  Yeah, I have countless gold rings and jewelry hanging around. Mini, I'm an ex-Witness - I was taught not to stockpile wordly goods and not to be materialistic! Actually, that's me anyway, it was just convenient that the Witnesses (ostensibly) believed the same thing. Fact is, I know MANY Witnesses who had more gold than Fort Knox.
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  what did you get dissfellowshipped for and were you once "strong"

  by looloo in

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  in the truth (as they say) were people really shocked at you leaving or thought of it as only a matter of time !

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  berylblue

  Smoking and no, I was never really strong. I did aux pioneer, but I did not agree with many of the teachings.
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  YOU'RE an example of how not to use the word YOUR

  by ColdRedRain in

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  seriously, this is a grammar error that should have been trained out of anybody in elementary school.

  your is a possessive pronoun, you're is a contraction.

  they're two different words meaning two very dissimilar things.

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  berylblue

  Too each his own.
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  Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

  by reniaa in

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  i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

  i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

  they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

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  berylblue

  As one of my associates used to often say, "I smell a rat".

  You don't have to tell me to lay off the newcomes, jgnat. I'm not going to say another word on the subject.

  But something just isn't right here.
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  Hi I am new here

  by One true Jesus Freak in

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  hi i stumbled across this place from using the library computer.

  someone had the page left opened and i looked around and thought to myself "what an interesting bunch of people" i don't mean interesting as in strange, but as in great.

  i have enjoyed reading many of the posts by everyone.

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  berylblue

  yo, SPAZnik, how did you sneak in ahead of me? I'd better type more quickly if I want to be first.
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  Hi I am new here

  by One true Jesus Freak in

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  hi i stumbled across this place from using the library computer.

  someone had the page left opened and i looked around and thought to myself "what an interesting bunch of people" i don't mean interesting as in strange, but as in great.

  i have enjoyed reading many of the posts by everyone.

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  berylblue

  Happy to be the first to welcome you!
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  Thinking of becoming a Witness again and my reasons for doing so :(

  by reniaa in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've been a faded jw for 10 years i left because of my failed first marriage, i'm no hypocrite and realised i had left completely so i embraced the world and dived in, only christmas and birthdays i could not get into, they were too foreign to me having never celebrated them, like if i suddenly tried to do ramadan or something like that.. 1/ all the criticisms of the people in the truth you say on here, i've found in the world, warts and all only in the world nothing holds them back from being utterly horrible to you.. 2/ i got stabbed by a worldly boyfriend, i got married 2 times of my own choosing to men outside the truth, the first smoked and was an alcoholic, the second gambled every penny we had and defrauded me out of money after we separated, 2 divorces later i am currently pregnant and a single mum since current boyfriend decided kids was to much of a responsibility and he needed his freedom and i was 'too selfish to expect him to give up his life'.. 3/ parents-in-law!

  i have been shunned by them as equal to anything you accuse witness families of and for the silliest of reasons, i had a disabled son and his grandparents said they wanted nothing to do with him because they didn't want to become attached in case he died.. 4/ i miss the honest friendships of the truth, i had friends of all ages from 14 to 80 years old and they genuinely cared for me, many trying to keep me in the faith a long time after i left but i was determined to fade so moved away completely, but i find friendships in the world so shallow in comparison and very hard to sustain :( i've never been a drinker and sometimes thats what friendship means you being a companion for them to goto pub with.. 5/ my recent boyfriend was in a christian religion, i thought why not find out about it, harvest churches if you ever heard of them, unfortunately it still hasn't stop him leaving me pregnant and alone and when i said to him how does he clear that with god, he replies "as long as i repent it doesn't matter" it's like he has a "get out of jail free card" for any wrong-doing in the bible, this is so alien to me and my witness trained conscience.. 6/ i recently out of frustration tried looking into atheism and joined their forums, it wasn't fun, they are as bombastic and arrogant as their religious counterparts can be from any religion, they make a religion out of not believing in god, it's very weird they talk of saving people from believing in god and offer nothing to replace it.

  they said to me "be happy you are in reality now and enjoy it" and i thought "well if this is reality i've had enough of it".

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  berylblue

  Welcome, Phivu. We have our problems in the US as well, and even though I know you will miss your homeland, you will like it here, I'm sure.