Steve,
What a powerful post.
My wife and I view our many years as JW?s as having bought us many good things and many bad things, and actually this mimics many other human experiences that we all have in common. Sure I could have been the world's best Jazz guitarist and been signing Pat Metheny's autograph book for him, I may also have committed suicide at the lack of sales of my records...lol
Like being shipwrecked on a remote island, those that survive learn quickly how to utilize what is washed up the beach and get on with their lives. Those that shrink and die, sit on the beach, staring at sea and wondering of what might have been.
I am often amused at the ire that many twenty-five year old XJW?s show and continue to have when they exit the organization, as they still have the whole of their lives ahead of them. People of our generation are nearing the time when our ?face is on the run and our bodies are almost done? and have spent most of our lives attached to a foolish dream, yet despite this, or perhaps because of it we see the need to live for today and not waste one minute concerned with what we cannot change. We were lied to, deceived and taken advantage of but we cannot fight yesterday?s battles today.
Thank for a though-provoking post - HS
What a powerful post.
My wife and I view our many years as JW?s as having bought us many good things and many bad things, and actually this mimics many other human experiences that we all have in common. Sure I could have been the world's best Jazz guitarist and been signing Pat Metheny's autograph book for him, I may also have committed suicide at the lack of sales of my records...lol
Like being shipwrecked on a remote island, those that survive learn quickly how to utilize what is washed up the beach and get on with their lives. Those that shrink and die, sit on the beach, staring at sea and wondering of what might have been.
I am often amused at the ire that many twenty-five year old XJW?s show and continue to have when they exit the organization, as they still have the whole of their lives ahead of them. People of our generation are nearing the time when our ?face is on the run and our bodies are almost done? and have spent most of our lives attached to a foolish dream, yet despite this, or perhaps because of it we see the need to live for today and not waste one minute concerned with what we cannot change. We were lied to, deceived and taken advantage of but we cannot fight yesterday?s battles today.
Thank for a though-provoking post - HS