When I tried to talk to you and my brothers about these things in the past, instead of addressing the specific issues I raised, your main response was to let me know how much I was ?upsetting? everyone.
You are not allowing them to avoid the subject. It?s four years later and I no longer NEED to believe one thing or another. I don?t NEED to believe that I?m right and everyone else is wrong. I don?t NEED to know what happens when I die. Am I sick of the wickedness and depravity I see every time I watch the news? Of course, I am. I still worry and pray for strangers who are experiencing hard times. I still have fears of my loved ones being harmed in some way. But I?m no longer dogmatic about what the outcome of this world will be. For the most part, I have an incredible peacefulness inside me that I never felt as a JW. Whatever is going to happen in the future will happen whether I have it all figured out or not. I choose to continue praying on my own and to do the best that I can to raise a happy, healthy daughter with whom to share my life.
L~ you have been set free of the fears that had you bound for so many years. Looking back I see how the wts uses fear to control.Your letter touched me. I can only hope Maybe's and I's other sister see's the light and finds the strength to break free from the fears that has her teathered too. Thanks again.X.