Tempest in a Teacup
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Waking up with unsung songs...
by Tempest in a Teacup in...trying hard not to forget them .
...not knowing how to write them down because i don't know musical notes .... ...postponing recording them .
...ending up forgetting them.
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Divergent (this is a must watch)
by Tempest in a Teacup init's a 2014 movie and i'm only watching it now.
it reminds me strongly of the life of jws and ex-jws..
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Ooo...Mmm...Ggg premonitory dream. Can't believe it
by Tempest in a Teacup inso, the whole weekend i spent it dozing on and off.
this morning, before waking up, i had a dream.
i was passing by a building in france (i don't live in europe) and then i recognized a certain building as the one where one of my friends who lives in that country lives.
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"Sorry, sister; but the CO said he isn't going to visit anyone durind the Special Week."
by Tempest in a Teacup inthird post about the big disappointments that woke me up.
i'm writing them in no particular order.
these episodes made me bitter when they happened.
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"You don't go to the platform to say nonsense."
by Tempest in a Teacup insecond in a series of reminiscing disappointments that cut me off this religion one string at a time.... actually, i had a one week break which i spent quite poorly: not sleeping at night, so i could catch up on my favorite shows, eating crappy foods the whole day, booze and hangovers.
i'm an introvert and really, this for me is an ideal holiday :).
but...all the above, coupled with having too much free time has brought back some demons who had been sleeping...and snoring.. back to the topic.. in my former congregation, there's one wannabe-elder-no-education-hates-his-job-envies-others-mysogynist-ministerial servant.
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"I'm feeling down, I'm not faring well; I need help, please help me."
by Tempest in a Teacup intoday i remembered one of my disillusionment episodes, when i was going from rejection to rejection, and i was discovering the wide gap between spewing beautiful words and actually translating them into actions.. a few years ago, in my darkest hours of depression, it occurred to me to send the following sms to one of my closest friends in the congregation.
i truly believed in her friendship and thought i could count on her.
it was one of the very rare moments in which i was ready to put myself completely out there and pour my heart out to someone.
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I'm looking for the verse that says that shepherds will be like wolves fleecing the fold.
by Tempest in a Teacup ini remember reading it in a forum member's post, somewhere last year or so.
the poster said she (i think it's a she) quoted the scripture to one elder and told him that it applied to him.
could you please help me with this verse?.
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Jehovah said he will start the cleaning from his own house
by Tempest in a Teacup inthis very popular quote came back to my mind today when i was thinking about what jws in the third world country where i live would do if they should hear about the australian abuse story.
this has been the one explains-it-all, excuses-it-all phrase to respond to nasty things going on in "god's house".. if they should hear about the story, they would just nod, say that phrase and add the sentence that traditionally accompanies it: it is because he is well aware that there are rotten elements in his house, so we shouldn't be surprised...and then they will move on with merrily.
end of story.
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I Felt Proud Telling People That Michael Jackson Was Raised a JW
by Tempest in a Teacup ini just remembered this thing this morning:.
sharing the same faith with the king of pop made me feel important for belonging to this religion, even if he was never baptised.
we were not in america or anywhere close by.
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A Taxi Driver Gave Me 4 Magazines This Morning
by Tempest in a Teacup inas we had reached my destination, i paid him and was getting down when he handed me something.
then i saw it was the wt and awake.
i just had the time to say: "oh, okay, thank you!