I remember a lot of good times with other believers. Good fellowships. Great times with friends. It was my last two years of collage the the first 1.5 years out.
We all came here for differant reasons. I came here to try and find old friends and remember the good times. Some people come here to work off the hurt and frustration.
Be positive and look at the good things. Sometimes life just sucks.
Yes I got out in 79 before things went bad. Doesn't mean everything was great either. If it had been I would have stayed.
What I'm trying to say is that everyone had a good time at some time. Or why did you stay in?
Coolchef--------You really nailed it for me when you pointed to 1.)love and 2.) good people . I am not the only one in my family to have been involved with TWI, simply the first. When I first saw things i thought were not right I was concerned and reluctant to discuss them with my family. Here is where the fear comes in. They thought of me as sort of a trailblazer and I wasn't really sure my suspicions were any more than just that. I feared they might feel the trail I had "pioneered" for them was not as it seemed. I think the fear of disappointing them definately affected decisions I made. To go home and admit you may have been wrong would have been tough because it somehow says they were wrong to listen to you in the first place.Today, when I apologize to them for getting them involved, They almost invariably tell me they are thankful their involvement introduced them to so many wonderful, loving people. Many of them became lifelong friends.--------The Best of Times?"--------I don't think you will find it on a calender or a clock because they seem to freeze time in one place. " The Best of Times" are the times we stop to reflect on GOD's love and great friends we have met and are continuing to meet ( And yes that includes the ones who live in cyberville)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity . . . Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
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Groucho,
I agree wholeheartedly that
Guess we can agree that we disagree, and our perspectives are different, like in the following points:
Reminiscing is not always romanticizing, although in can be
Being thankful is very different from trying to convince oneself
Greatly benefitting from an alliance is very different from wasting one’s life from an alliance.
Suda
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I remember a lot of good times with other believers. Good fellowships. Great times with friends. It was my last two years of collage the the first 1.5 years out.
We all came here for differant reasons. I came here to try and find old friends and remember the good times. Some people come here to work off the hurt and frustration.
Be positive and look at the good things. Sometimes life just sucks.
Yes I got out in 79 before things went bad. Doesn't mean everything was great either. If it had been I would have stayed.
What I'm trying to say is that everyone had a good time at some time. Or why did you stay in?
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coolchef
fear kept lots of folks in
but so did love and some of these folks had never felt loveed b4
i met many lovely people in twi
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Coolchef--------You really nailed it for me when you pointed to 1.)love and 2.) good people . I am not the only one in my family to have been involved with TWI, simply the first. When I first saw things i thought were not right I was concerned and reluctant to discuss them with my family. Here is where the fear comes in. They thought of me as sort of a trailblazer and I wasn't really sure my suspicions were any more than just that. I feared they might feel the trail I had "pioneered" for them was not as it seemed. I think the fear of disappointing them definately affected decisions I made. To go home and admit you may have been wrong would have been tough because it somehow says they were wrong to listen to you in the first place.Today, when I apologize to them for getting them involved, They almost invariably tell me they are thankful their involvement introduced them to so many wonderful, loving people. Many of them became lifelong friends.--------The Best of Times?"--------I don't think you will find it on a calender or a clock because they seem to freeze time in one place. " The Best of Times" are the times we stop to reflect on GOD's love and great friends we have met and are continuing to meet ( And yes that includes the ones who live in cyberville)
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coolchef
ok tell me who i am quoteing
i don't remember thought i should {miller lite melt down}
"it was the best of times,it was the worst of times"
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity . . . Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
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right tom thanks
damn those miller lite melt downs!
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