My first "attempted" shunning was yesterday.
I was in line at the Post Office. One of three people waiting. A sister who knows me very well was one of the two other people in line. From my viewpoint, she was ignoring me, yet there is the benefit of the doubt. So I took my turn in line and finished what I came to do. The sister finished just after I did. It gave me enough time to go to the exit door and open it for her. She tried the entrance door, but for some reason could not manage to get out.
Her actions looked to me like a nervous trapped mouse. She decided to go out the exit door that I was still holding open. So far, she did not make eye contact or say anything to me. After she went out the door, and we walked a few steps I said, "hi _____, how are you?" She stopped and looked right at me and said, "Oh I did not notice it was you, I am fine". So I smiled back at her and said, "Good". Then I saw that she was headed toward her van.
Inside, I could see "the car group". In my mind I thought, "great more trapped mice". Without hesitation, I went to the front of the van and looked thru the windshield. In the passenger seat was another sister who I know very well. She was wearing sunglasses, so I could not look into her eyes. I could see the frown on her face.
Looking at that frown, I started waving and saying, "How are you?" Only after I saw the frown turn to a slight smile did I stop waving, and said "bye".
To me the waving, greeting, opening the door, etc. shows that I am not controlled by their injustice to me. After all, I was D.F.'d for "giving testimony in opposition to the WT" and speaking "abusively about the glorious ones". Those are not valid charges. For me to submit to the shunning, would be to act like a beat dog that is in submission to the "glorious ones". What a joke that would be! Sharing this with you all makes me feel liberated and free of guilt.
This dates me, but seems so appropriate: "Works for me!"
