"DEADLINE"

by Blueblades 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  Blueblades

  We have all heard the word deadline used when it comes to getting things done before we get to or pass the deadline. DEADLINE! The word "DEADLINE" says dead right in it. And it says "DEAD" because that's the ultimate end point of the possibilities of getting things done in your lifetime. Death is the ultimate "DEADLINE", the ultimate arbiter of what your life meant, what you accomplished.

  Do you now, ( since you know that you will soon die and not live forever on a parsdise earth as taught by the Watchtower ) feel that you face a 'DEADLINE' concerning the things that you want to accomplish ( things you put off, because of serving the Watchtower for most of your life ) before the ultimate deadline, death, ends the possibilities of getting things done in whatever remains of your lifetime?

  I feel that I don't have enough time to do the things that I want to do before my ultimate deadline comes, how about you?

  Blueblades
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  Soledad

  Sometimes I do feel a little self-inflicted pressure to do certain things by a certain age. But I don't worry as much anymore. When I first left the JWs I was in college but I still had that armageddon mentality and that affected many of the decisions I made. Not so anymore.
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  minimus

  I'm pushing 50 (next year) and I will enjoy life as much as I can. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
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  Purza

  I feel that I don't have enough time to do the things that I want to do before my ultimate deadline comes, how about you?

  If I had that mind set I would be totally depressed. I don't think about dying and I just live each day to the fullest. I choose not to fight or give much thought to the inevitable.

  Purza
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  BrendaCloutier

  Yup.

  Im 49 next month. That means I have 30 more years +/-.

  When I was 36 I mourned a dream/goal I had of sailing to the S. Pacific. I had even given it enough thought and planning to sell all my limited worldly possessions and boat hop as crew aboard private sailboats. I began working on getting my Masters License to use for possibly doing private deliveries. But by 36 my life had changed enough that it was no longer feasible for me to "go for it".

  The dream was rekindled when Kevan and I got together in 1997, and began planning a sailboat adventure along the Mexican Pacific Coast. We were 100 days out of country. It was an awesome trip!!!!!!! Unfortunately, with my FibroMyalgia and the other symptoms I have, I am not able to be a reliable first mate aboard. And for a boat with only two aboard, my health and mental awareness are priorities. So the dream died again.

  I want to travel. I would love to buy a motorhome and just start out around the US, down Mexico, and into S. America. THAT could take 30 more years!!!! It's a dream I won't manage this lifetime, either. But a good dream.

  I want to learn to paint on silk. I want to learn to sculpt. I want to learn to do many many things. I'm working on them one thing at a time.

  I currently have a Hawaiian quilt layed out on the ironing board in the diningroom. Slowly, I'm basting the pattern in place. Then, by hand I will applique the cutout pattern onto the backing. Then, by hand I will quilt the top/batting/back together in a flowing pattern of stitches. Then I will do the same for the head, foot, and sides, and finally machine sew them all togehter. With tenacity, I'll get it done by the time we move to Hawaii in 2009.
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  Blueblades

  Purza, Death Anxiety has been a hard thing to shake since the "CARROT" you can live forever in a paradise earth has become a non-reality. 30 - SOMETHING YEARS! OF BELIEVING THIS! Now at 60-something years of age, I do feel a deadline coming. Hope you can understand this,I'm not depressed, just losing time.Facing reality.

  Blueblades