Posts by Xena

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Do you feel out of place, a "misfit", since leaving the org?

by FreedomFrog in

jw
friends

i seem to be "stuck" in between worlds.

the world i knew and the world i'm trying to know and learn.. are there others that feel this too?

do you ever remember feeling this way at any point?.

Xena

Just a thought...fitting in while nice doesn't have to be our ultimate goal. People in general don't mind if you are different (as long as it's in a nonthreatening way of course), lots of people celebrate their differences.

Something that has helped me when I'm struggling with life is the thought that I'm ultimately responsible for my own happiness, not other people or their perceptions of me. When you wake up each day you can decide how you will feel that day and you can decide how much you will let other peoples thoughts, comments and opinions effect that. It's not always an easy thing to do but, for me anyway, it feels better to think I'm in control of my life and I decide how much or how little I want to fit in with people around me.

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Do you feel out of place, a "misfit", since leaving the org?

by FreedomFrog in

jw
friends

i seem to be "stuck" in between worlds.

the world i knew and the world i'm trying to know and learn.. are there others that feel this too?

do you ever remember feeling this way at any point?.

Xena

Naw I'm just an overachiever.

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If ur child died,would u visit the grave and always "talk" to them?

by fedorE in

although i still have doubts there is life after death, i believe i would be hanging on to every last vestige of my son that i could and that means talking to him.

talking into the air and crying.

realizing this is his final resting place.

Xena

I used to visit my parents gravesite because I felt close to them there. A graveyard is a quiet contemplative place, maybe that is why. You can sit and reflect on the memories you have. It's one of the things I knew I would miss moving away. I didn't go often but it was nice knowing I could go when I wanted.

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GREECE UNDER TERROR ATTACK WITH FOREST FIRES...

by justhuman in

we are living in the most tragic moments of modern hellenic history.

indeed the hellenic republic is under a terrorist attack.

villages have been destroyed, forests vanished, more than 60 people died in the most catastrofic fires in the last 150 years of human history.... in just one day, they were 80 fires!!!

Xena

I was just watching this on the news. Apparently they think it might have been started by building developers. How sad is that?

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Do you feel out of place, a "misfit", since leaving the org?

by FreedomFrog in

jw
friends

i seem to be "stuck" in between worlds.

the world i knew and the world i'm trying to know and learn.. are there others that feel this too?

do you ever remember feeling this way at any point?.

Xena

I did for probably the first year after leaving the dubs. During that time I started to make new friends, find new interests and generally make a new life for myself. Nowdays (approx 5 years after leaving) I feel like I fit in pretty much anywhere. I'll always have some dub baggage that pops up it's ugly head from time to time, expecially with family still in but I've also realized most people have some kind of baggage themselves just in a different shape or form. At least mine can make for some interesting conversation.

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