Growing up a Witness I was taught to never question a thing the organization put forth and I guess also to never question anything outside of the organization; just don't even entertain the idea of listening to it. When I left at 18 I suppose I was subconsciously doing a lot of questioning but didn't necessarily realize it because I was too busy trying to figure out how to exist in the world, and being a bit rebellious as well. I don't think it was until a couple years later that I really began to question things within the organization and then also outside of it. Now I couldn't imagine being someone who believed a thing that anyone just told me without finding out for myself if it was worth believing. When it comes to people, I don't know...I guess I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, that everyone is innately good, but it has gotten me into trouble more than a few times. My brother sees it as a shortcoming, something I need to work on. I've kicked myself for it many times but in the end it is just something I like too much about my own humanity to really change.