by anti-absolutist 77 Replies latest jw friends
We all go through times of stress and sad times. What is a simple, yet profound saying that you have reminded yourself of to make these troubling times easier? You don't have to believe in a literal God, just that there are higher thoughts within us that we all are able to draw from.
The one that has worked the best for me is:
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things that I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference"
What is yours? Brad
Have you found this worked in practise? In your life, I take it you are an ex-jw?
Mine is ................
You have to love yourself, before you can love others.
Brad, maybe I've been de-sensitized, but actually I don't feel any stress at all. Not about being unemployed, not about the war, not about whether my everlasting life is in jeapordy because I'm no longer a Bible-thumping literalist.
So, what works for me is not any particular phrase, but rather the practice: Love God, and love my neighbor (as myself). Not just 2 laws, really, but three. And it's that last one that I now, for the first time in my life, feel comfortable with.
Craig
"Look, cows!"
ballistic....
Definitely it has worked for me, but the wisdom to know the difference part took a long time for me to figure out!!!!!!
And yes, I am an ex-JW, df'd in 1991, vowing never to go back in 1994.
Brad
What dosen`t kill you,usually really F@&kin hurts!!..LOL!...OUTLAW
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SS
For me it is the pagan/witches creed
"If it harm none, do what thou will"
It can really make you think.
Neverthere
KLAATU BARADA NICTU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
