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With every breath that I took, I wanted the JWs to be right... by cognac on

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searcher Re: With every breath that I took, I wanted the JWs to be right...

conac,

While I was never a JW (or anything else) I do have a very large family on both sides, I felt ‘uncomfortable’ with most of them for some reason.

So I sat back a while and observed them as if they were strangers I had just met for the first time and asked myself “would you really want this person as a friend?”.

Observing them this way gave me the opportunity to asses them as PEOPLE, not with any ‘family loyalty’ emotion.

It worked, I found that what was making me uncomfortable was the fact that, at base, they were not very nice people and I wouldn’t really want them in my life.

This made it easier for me to step back from most of them and life got much easier for me.

Maybe a similar strategy would work for you with your JW family and friends?

BTW, all this happened when I was 11 years old, I have never felt so free as after I made my decision.
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searcher	Re: With every breath that I took, I wanted the JWs to be right...
	conac, While I was never a JW (or anything else) I do have a very large family on both sides, I felt ‘uncomfortable’ with most of them for some reason. So I sat back a while and observed them as if they were strangers I had just met for the first time and asked myself “would you really want this person as a friend?”. Observing them this way gave me the opportunity to asses them as PEOPLE, not with any ‘family loyalty’ emotion. It worked, I found that what was making me uncomfortable was the fact that, at base, they were not very nice people and I wouldn’t really want them in my life. This made it easier for me to step back from most of them and life got much easier for me. Maybe a similar strategy would work for you with your JW family and friends? BTW, all this happened when I was 11 years old, I have never felt so free as after I made my decision.
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