joelbear	Re: You Can't Get It Back
	my parents made me drop out of band when I was 12 when they started practicing for the Christmas show.  it broke my heart. by the age of 14 I was starting to do things behind their back. i joined clubs and academic teams and basically had a blast when I wasn't at the Kingdom Hall. they were firmly against me going to college.  I wanted to study Math.  All my friends went to Georgia Tech. it broke my heart I tried to please them by pioneering and going to bethel.  one night my dad came in and said he was going to force me to go to work for him washing trucks at a truck stop. (If i knew then what i know now i would have jumped at the chance) but then i was terrified of worldly people, plus it showed that no matter what i did he was not going to be pleased. so i stopped pioneering and left home. got a job, went to college for 2 years. you can't go back, all we can do is try to warn others and go forward.
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