Finally Watched Reign Of The Supermen

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“dany survived a childhood of loneliness and abuse, even at the hands of her brother. nobody ever protected her as a child and she fills that void inside her by protecting others. she becomes mhysa, mother to thousands: the breaker of chains.”

— daenerys iii, a storm of swords.

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"Christianity is the only major world religion to have as its central focus the suffering and degradation of its God. The crucifixion is so familiar to us, and so moving, that it is hard to realize how unusual it is as an image of God." Churches sometimes offer Christian education classes under the title "Why Did Jesus Have to Die?" This is not really the right question. A better one is, "Why was Jesus crucified?" The emphasis needs to be, not just on the death, but on the manner of the death. To speak of a crucifixion is to speak of a slave's death. We might think of all the slaves in the American colonies who were killed at the whim of an overseer or owner, not to mention those who died on the infamous Middle Passage across the Atlantic. No one remembers their names or individual histories; their stories were thrown away with their bodies. This was the destiny chosen by the Creator and Lord of the universe: the death of a nobody. Thus the Son of God entered into solidarity with the lowest and least of all his creation, the nameless and forgotten, "the offscouring [dregs] of all things" (1 Cor. 4:13).

—Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ (p.75)

💌gentle reminder: your quiet seasons are simply preparing you for new growth. just because nothing seems to be happening on the outside doesn’t mean everything is still on the inside. spring always follows winter, the seeds you have planted will slowly and surely bloom. your spring is coming even when you can’t see it yet 🌱🌸🌼🫧☀️🍓🌈

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“There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth.”

— F. H. Bradley, Aphorisms

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