freeflyingfaerie
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Thanksgiving?
by freeflyingfaerie inhere in the u.s. of a., come one week from today, families will come together to feast in celebration of the day in 1621 when pilgrims and native americans shared feasting for three days... ...and then the natives were slaughtered and driven out of the lands in the coming years.
i wondered if native americans themselves celebrate thanksgiving... (interesting findings out there).
cast your votes as to whether or not i'm a freakazoid for not celebrating it!
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About Labels
by freeflyingfaerie in...they only have the power and authority you let them have.
it's good to remember that you are only~.
'disfellowshipped' .....to a jehovah's witness.
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~For the Love of God~
by freeflyingfaerie insteve vai~.
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcexr_steve-vai-for-the-love-of-god_music.
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~Humble and Childlike~
by freeflyingfaerie inyou remember the 'encouragement' to be teachable, humble, like little children.... well, children ask questions, and lots of 'em.... so, what happens when we keep on wondering and have questions that demand answers?.
according to jw's, a person has to stop being teachable like little children.
a person is told not to do any real research (which requires humility, a sense of wonder, and openness to new ideas and concepts)....for fear that research done outside of the organizations approved sources- their own- a person may discover contradictions and lies.
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Personal Paradigm Shifts
by freeflyingfaerie indo you find yourself, since leaving the religion, having an exhorbitant amount of personal paradigm shifts?.
sometimes i question my sanity.. i feel so open to ideas...don't know where to start sometimes.. don't feel dogmatic about too many things...maybe feel that it just 'isn't for me'...at least for right now (lol).... but in all of this, i never tire of these epiphanies and spontaneous feelings of gratefulness and love.. .
does anyone else out there experience this ?.
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Once a nerd, always a nerd :)
by freeflyingfaerie infeelin' pretty groovy that i'm starting my college 'career' or what have you...with a 4.0. it is great to be back in school...to stimulate my mind in a college setting, get out of my cave for a bit, and maybe even eventually have the accomplishment of a degree.. or two..who knows... less than 10 years ago, this didn't even seem like a real possibility for me...because i didn't imagine it to be.
but, since the good ol' paradise didn't show up...i decided to create my own paradise (quirky and flawed as it may be) !
and this paradise includes educating my self in and out of school, being open to ideas and possibilities, experiencing things for myself, living until i die... .
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~raising hair~
by freeflyingfaerie into say goodbye to the past i cut, i raised my hair.
the full moon was approaching.
i wanted to free myself of the pain.
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Shaking it off...with music
by freeflyingfaerie injust another way to give the finger to the religion, so to speak.... sometimes i just feel about like this~.
p!nk, so what!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fjffzqtlwrq&list=pl744ced5db3f47863.
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Platonic "Lunch"
by freeflyingfaerie inage-old question.
complicated x1,000 if one or both of the persons is married/in a serious relationship.. i am skeptical.
very skeptical.
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What did I miss? New twist on a very old song, SHUNNING?
by freeflyingfaerie inis there new info coming out in june watchtower about how to treat families?.