X-Mo's- What, if anything, do you miss?

[_truth dancer]

Hey Cee,

This morning was a particularly difficult time for me... one of those really heartbreaking times where I just needed to cry for a while.

I found myself listening to some of my favorite LDS music... no words, no Motab, but a guitarist performing some well known pieces that particularly touched me.

It was funny because I no longer believe anything related to Mormonism, but the familiarity of songs that gave me peace for so much of my life, still gave me comfort. And, there are songs that still ring true in my heart; songs that influenced me and provided me with a foundation upon which I created my life.

What songs you ask? (smile)

A Poor Wayfaring May of Grief
As I have loved you.

Thanks for asking,

:-)

~td~

[_Ceeboo]

Hello Mrs. Teee Deee,

Hey Cee,

This morning was a particularly difficult time for me... one of those really heartbreaking times where I just needed to cry for a while.

Hope things are better now.

It was funny because I no longer believe anything related to Mormonism, but the familiarity of songs that gave me peace for so much of my life, still gave me comfort. And, there are songs that still ring true in my heart; songs that influenced me and provided me with a foundation upon which I created my life.

~td~

Waaaay cool!

Thanks for (as usual) offering me/us light rather than heat. (I always seem to enjoy your posts) :)

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_zeezrom]

What songs you ask? (smile)

A Poor Wayfaring May of Grief
As I have loved you.

Interestingly, we have James Montgomery to thank for the first song (originally called "The Stranger and His Friend"). This is actually not a Mormon song. But I agree that is a great song and it also reminds me of peaceful moments in my Mormon past.

I don't know much about the other song besides that I sang it a lot in primary and sunday school.

[_zeezrom]

Ceeboo,
Let me add that I have hope that many relationships will be deepened through this temporary discomfort. It is a strained hope, but hope nonetheless. I think I will need to be diligent, patient, and forgiving. Those are three things I'm not very good at.

So far, I have not scored well on Facebook, where I've alienated two BILs. One, with a comment that Alma and Amulek were democrats with socialist tendencies and another with a comment correlating the May 21 prophet with Joseph Smith. I think I just did it again today with an article declaring benefits of coffee.

Somehow, I need to balance my freedom to express myself and respect the beliefs of my friends.

[_CuriousForever]

Feeling comfortable around family and friends.

This is the one thing that I miss too.

Yeah, having to learn that the active members of the family do not or will not or cannot understand, which is part of the price for spiritual and intellectual independence. A friend of mine, an exMo, once said it well: "I just wish they would wish me as well as I do them."

[_why me]

Hello Cee.

Most exmormons on this forum will never give you a straight answer. However, if they search deep within their souls, they would say: The certainity that god lives. Most of the angst comes from their new found uncertainity about god and his existence.

But then again, it is any different for anyone who leaves their faith because of unbelief? For catholics who have lost faith wouldn't they also experience the same uncertainity or could they find peace in protestantism or in hinduism? The Mormon church has a powerful truth claim and has the answers for our existence. Where we came from and where we are going upon death. No church has such answers as the LDS church does. Thus, the terrible uncertainity exmormons have.

[_DarkHelmet]

Hello Cee.

Most exmormons on this forum will never give you a straight answer. However, if they search deep within their souls, they would say: The certainity that god lives. Most of the angst comes from their new found uncertainity about god and his existence.

But then again, it is any different for anyone who leaves their faith because of unbelief? For catholics who have lost faith wouldn't they also experience the same uncertainity or could they find peace in protestantism or in hinduism? The Mormon church has a powerful truth claim and has the answers for our existence. Where we came from and where we are going upon death. No church has such answers as the LDS church does. Thus, the terrible uncertainity exmormons have.

That's a broad generalization for such a diverse group. I suppose it would be true for those who still have angst that maybe they made the wrong decision, but usually people remain members as they work through the angst for the very reason you cite - "what if I'm wrong?" By the time a person has made the decision to be exmormon (it's a long process that nobody takes lightly), they've worked through all that, and all the ones that I know are happier than they ever were as Mormons.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Hello,

I miss bouncing a basketball on carpet.

V/R
Dr. Cam

[_moksha]

Hello,

I miss bouncing a basketball on carpet.

V/R
Dr. Cam

What about the pot lucks?

[_Ceeboo]

Hey Zeeee,

Ceeboo,
Let me add that I have hope that many relationships will be deepened through this temporary discomfort. It is a strained hope, but hope nonetheless. I think I will need to be diligent, patient, and forgiving. Those are three things I'm not very good at.

Very interesting (Thanks for sharing)

Somehow, I need to balance my freedom to express myself and respect the beliefs of my friends.

Priceless!

(Posters should be made........ full color....... block print........ and hung in every Burger King bathroom on the planet) in my opinion :)


Peace,
Ceeboo