got my truck back.. it was best-case, in the neighborhood of $2000, rather than the worst-case of $3000 or catastrophic-case $6000.. head gaskets.. bad, i know, but it could have been cracked heads, or worse.. i paid my peasly little two grand and that aposta-truck roared to life!
it's gleaming smugly outside my garage right now.. life is sweet, i got my truck back.. helped my daughter build a 'model' for her piano technician classes, a board with hitch pins on one end, and tuning pins on the other, a bridge in between (with bridge pins) and a string.. basically a model of a set of three piano strings for one note in a simulation of the stuff that mounts it in a real piano.. i love woodworking, and i love making things.
i love making things well.
Aren't we the lucky ones. I understand your sympathy for the pioneer you saw walking down the street. They are so deprived of what life can really offer them. You're right too, we were always second guessing everything we did. There was always at least 1 who would disapprove of what we did so we therefore were constantly walking on eggs.
LINDA
P.S. I 'm happy for you too.
got my truck back.. it was best-case, in the neighborhood of $2000, rather than the worst-case of $3000 or catastrophic-case $6000.. head gaskets.. bad, i know, but it could have been cracked heads, or worse.. i paid my peasly little two grand and that aposta-truck roared to life!
it's gleaming smugly outside my garage right now.. life is sweet, i got my truck back.. helped my daughter build a 'model' for her piano technician classes, a board with hitch pins on one end, and tuning pins on the other, a bridge in between (with bridge pins) and a string.. basically a model of a set of three piano strings for one note in a simulation of the stuff that mounts it in a real piano.. i love woodworking, and i love making things.
i love making things well.
Congratulations on all of your accomplishments and joys. Way to go.
My life is sweet one one main reason alone "NOT BEING A JW ANYLONGER". That alone means, I can now enjoy my life to the fullest in every single thing I do. Life could never be sweeter, at least not on this earth. On the other side or in heaven or wherever we go that will be the ultimate life. Looking forward to that day, meaning, when my time comes, I'm looking forward to it with no fears, fears that JW's and some other churches have inflicted upon us.
and by that i mean the supreme being or jehovah or jesus or buddah or whatever you might consider to be "god".
I believe in a Higher Source, call Him/Her God or whatever, but whatever He/She is doing, is beyond me.. I do know He/She has stood behind me in numerous cases. Even getting out of the Borg must have been in His/Her plan for me because I haven't been happier and as the saying goes, "All the Good comes from Him/Her".
LINDA
he was here when i got home from work.
he was helping my son put a new desk together.
i questioned him about his standing, i.e.
My relationship with my Ex?
He's a creep. He still shuns me. I never knew if it was the JW's influence or if he is just mad at me for leaving him. But if he's doesn't want to consider himself a JW anylonger, why still shun me? Maybe it is the latter?
His answers were very limited as you can read and never revealed anything in depth. That's typical him though, he's been that way for the 25 yrs. I was with him.
Anyway, he can hate me, shun me, whatever...but I am not going to stoop to his level. Two wrongs don't make a right.
he was here when i got home from work.
he was helping my son put a new desk together.
i questioned him about his standing, i.e.
He was here when I got home from work. He was helping my son put a new desk together. I questioned him about his standing, i.e. if he still attends the meetings? His first response was,
"In Canada?" (?????? ...What's wrong with Canadian congregations? *LOL*)
(he's been living with his GF for the past year up in Vancouver, BC) Then I asked him,
"Well, do you still consider yourself a Witness?"
His response,
"I don't know!"
*heehee*....that tells me he doesn't and is still at the fading level. Still too afraid to admit the truth. But hey....I'm happy....that light is shining brighter towards him. Hallelujah!
LINDA
we know there are a lot of "lurkers" here.
they might not have posted yet but they do check this site out.
would you like to express anything to them to help them in any way??
all I can say to you is that eventually you will see the real light and will wished you had listened to us earlier. In the meantime, you're under no time pressure to get out of her, because God's time is not equivalent to human time like you have been taught. But God will see to it that your eyes are opened, in HIS time.
God Bless You All!
LINDA
i remember a brother telling me many years ago, that he could have bought a beautiful fur coat to his wife, but he didn't want others in the congregation to be jealous.
that was the mentality back then.
no one wanted to be a stumbling stone.. gee, today you see acuras and expensive cars all around the kingdom hall parking lot.
Wooooooooooah,,,good point Gopher.
LINDA
i remember a brother telling me many years ago, that he could have bought a beautiful fur coat to his wife, but he didn't want others in the congregation to be jealous.
that was the mentality back then.
no one wanted to be a stumbling stone.. gee, today you see acuras and expensive cars all around the kingdom hall parking lot.
We bought cars we liked, whether they were convenient for service or not. While our kids were young, we ONLY had 2 doors. I didn't want them falling out if they were to open a door when child safety locks were deactivated, which would be the case if used for service.
LINDA
P.S. The Bro.'s & Sis's didn't always complain
yoga anyone?.
the yoga instructor passes around little sandalwood scented eye pillows, pops in a "mood music" cd, and dims the lights.
we all sit cross legged on our slightly sticky mats.
I forgot one VERY AWESOME benefit to Yoga. For anyone who finds it hard to sit and relax for a few moments, e.g. someone with ADHD or ADD, Yoga can help them even if only for a 15 min. - half hour time.
LINDA
what would qualify as the most paradise-like spot on earth?
i'd say somewhere in the pacific islands.. tropical breezes, lying in the warm sun on beautiful beaches ..... and so on.. but funny isn't it that these places often have high rates of suicide!?.
http://www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/pimhnet/en/index.html.
I'm here in my office at work cracking my head off. My boss will wonder what I am laughing about. You made my day!
LINDA
