The “friend zone” and unrequited love are not the same thing. Unrequited love is, “I love you, you don’t love me in that same way, I am sad about that.” The “friend zone” is, “I love you, you don’t love me in that same way, you have therefore wronged me.”
Unrequited love is, “My unilateral crush is my problem.” The “friend zone” is, “My unilateral crush is your problem.”
The gift of fear of the Lord is sometimes misunderstood because of the
word “fear.” “Fear of the Lord” is not a servile fear whereby a person
serves God simply because he fears punishment, whether some sort of
temporal punishment in this life or the eternal punishment of hell. A
genuine relationship with God is based on love, not fear. Therefore,
this “fear of the Lord” is a filial or reverential fear that moves a
person to do God’s will and avoid sin because of love for God, who is
all good and deserving of all of our love. In a similar way, a child
should not be motivated to obey a parent simply because of fear of
punishment, but because of love and respect; a person who loves someone
does not want to disappoint or to break the other person’s heart. One
should fear hurting a loved one and violating that person’s trust more
than one should fear punishment. Nevertheless, one should have a healthy
sense of fear for the punishment due to sin, including the fires of
hell, even though this should not be the motivating factor for loving God.
Therefore, this gift motivates the person in three ways: first, to
have a vivid sense of God’s infinite greatness; second, to have a real
sorrow for sin, even venial sins, and to do penance to atone for sins
committed; and third, to be vigilant to avoid the near occasions of sin,
to struggle against personal weakness and fight temptation.
The gift of fear brings to perfection the virtue of hope. A person
respects God as God, trusts in His will, and anchors his life in Him. He
approaches the Lord with humility, docility and obedience. He believes
in His promises of forgiveness of sin and eternal life in heaven. Also,
this gift is the launchpad for the other gifts. As sacred Scripture
attests, “Happy the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His
commands” (Ps 112:1), and “the beginning of wisdom is fear of the Lord”
(Sir 1:12).
This gift also perfects the virtue of temperance, which seeks to use
all things wisely and in moderation, neither in excess nor in defect,
especially those sensible pleasures. With reason enlightened by faith,
temperance controls the passions. Temperance is related to the gift of
fear because one’s respect for God, and one’s awareness of being made in
His image and likeness, and being redeemed by Christ motivate a person
to give glory to God by being temperate in actions and desires, not
using, doing, or indulging in anything to excess or defect. For example,
chastity is a virtue of temperance, which respects the goodness of
one’s own sexuality, the sanctity of marriage and the sanctity of
marital love. A person moved by the gift of fear strives to live a
chaste life because God is the creator of these goods, and a chaste life
gives glory and praise to Him.
This gift also prevents us from being too familiar with God. We are
the victims of original sin and suffer from concupiscence; therefore,
each of us struggles with a rebellious heart. A person could easily take
God’s love for granted and presume forgiveness without real contrition;
or forget God’s majesty by taking His holy name in vain; or make
demands of God and then be angry when He does not meet them; or forget
that every gift is from God and be selfish; or neglect prayer and
worship because there is not enough time for Him; or disregard God’s
commandments and the teachings of His church. And without fear of the
Lord, such a person might say, “God loves me just the way I am, and I am
going to heaven.” One has to ask, “Does such a person really love God?”
While the Lord will never spurn a humble and contrite heart, He will
humble the haughty.
A good way to cultivate this gift is through daily prayer and worship
at Mass. Regular and careful examinations of conscience also are
important, as well as the regular use of the sacrament of penance. Also,
meditating on the infinite majesty of God, like gazing upon the icon of
Christ Pantocrator. For myself, looking at the beautiful mosaic of
Christ in Majesty at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception in Washington reminds me not only that I am simply
a lowly creature who needs God’s mercy, but also I am a child who is
loved by the Lord.
China’s Xinhua news agency says it has developed an artificial
intelligence news presenter, ready to take over 24/7, every single day
of the year
The news anchor, based on the latest AI technology, has a male image
with a voice, facial expressions and actions of a real person. “He”
learns from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as
naturally as a professional news anchor.
i love prince eric. from the little mermaid. he’s hilarious. because he seems like one of the most mild-mannered and unassuming princes in the disney canon, but he is also one of the few to actively kill the bad guy. most disney villains die by consequence of the final battle but are not directly killed by the hero/heroine. most of them fall to their deaths or cause their own demise, and sometimes the hero is indirectly responsible because they’ll launch them into that direction or something, but they still don’t bring knife to heart directly.
but then a couple do. and prince eric is my fave out of those few because up until the final act, he is the most chill motherfucker u ever seen. like he is quick to spring to action during the storm scene n stuff, but otherwise? he’s really quiet n sensitive and runs along the beach playing the flute for his big shaggy dog n he smiles like a lil nerd and gets all cute around ariel and he’s so sweet n everything.
AND THEN IN THE FINAL BATTLE THAT MOTHERFUCKER STRAIGHT UP DRIVES A SHIP THROUGH URSULA LIKE WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!! NO WONDER NO ONE IS TRYIN TO LAY SIEGE TO HIS KINGDOM!! ALL THE NEIGHBOURS ARE LIKE “HOLY SHIT DON’T GO THERE! PRINCE ERIC IS A BEAST! HE’LL STRAIGHT UP DRIVE A BOAT THROUGH YOUR BITCH!”
i love him
At the beginning of the movie Prince Eric, without hesitation, jumps into the ocean, in the middle of a storm, and climbs onto a ship that’s on fire, all to rescue his dog.
Then when he’s convinced some mystery woman saved him, he starts looking for her just to thank her. On his way, he meets some mute naked teenage girl who can’t even walk or dress herself, confirms that she’s not the girl he’s looking for, then brings her to stay at his castle anyway, for no particular reason.
No one questions this, just like they don’t question when he shows up three days later with a mysterious woman one morning and says he’s getting married that same day. At said wedding, several witnesses see his fiance turn into a sea monster, which he then murders by piloting a submerged ship pulled up from the bottom of the ocean straight into her.
A week later, he marries the mute girl and the god of the sea himself rises from the ocean to give his blessings. Again, no one questions this.
I’m convinced that Eric had to have done some crazy insane stunts on a regular basis, cause despite him being so chill and relaxed normally, no one bats an eyelash at any of his ridiculous decisions or incredible feats during the course of the film. Clearly they’re all used to it, and rumours of him marrying an ocean princess would only dissuade potential enemies of his country even further.
a common conversation around the kingdom:
“Did you hear what Prince Eric did this morning?”
“Oh gods, not again.”
Eric is now Florida Man, where he can be surrounded on three sides by his gfs family
I was on the bus thinking about Harry Potter tonight and I remembered the part where the Dementors all show up at the Quidditch game, and I remembered how they were all looking up at Harry, and I wondered why they would all be staring at him, and then I realized that it’s because he has two souls in him.
On this note, wouldn’t that also be a reason why Harry would have had a more negative reaction than his friends (even Ginny)? He was hearing his mother’s voice as she was protecting him, which in itself was his worst memory. but the Dementors were also forcing the piece of Voldemort to relive its worst memory as well… The memory of being ripped apart by the curse that backfired. No wonder Harry passed out so often.
I literally never thought about that.
omg…
HOLY
Oh FUCKING HELL, you just made me realize that it wasn’t Harry’s memory that was his father telling Lily to take Harry and run, and it wasn’t Harry’s memory of Lily screaming.
Here I was, just eating a cup of applesauce under the 14-year-long assumption that the reason a small infant was able to remember something was because this was a fictional world of magic, but no, now this entirely reasonable and somewhat less terrifying bubble has burst and I’m never going to recapture that innocence.
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