Dear Eliana:

I hope you feel better soon!

When the  Jehovah Witnesses told you “anytime  on Thursday” they probably forgot that they will not be available during  the meeting that  night, maybe  they meant  anytime during the day, not during  the evening/ night.

Jehovah Witnesses are very structured regarding their Witnessing activities and Kingdom Hall meetings. They schedule bible studies and all other witnessing  activities, coordinate  those activities with each other and with their elders and are therefore very busy. They are probably not at all rejecting you,  but having scheduling difficulties, that  is all.

anita

I’m glad this situation resolved itself for you. I think it can also provide an important lesson–one I have learned many times. When I let my brain fill in the details and guess what happened, it is generally wrong. I’ve worried about not getting responses to emails, only to realize that I sent it to the wrong email address. We drive ourselves crazy with this kind of thinking. And usually it has nothing to do with us. In these situations, it might be helpful to ask yourself: what are the facts and where am I inventing a story? what is a positive interpretation of this event? Until you know there is a real problem, best to try to assume positive intent and breathe through it.