DAENERYS TARGARYEN APPRECIATION 2018 ELEMENT – AIR:  If I had wings, I would want to fly too, Dany thought. The Targaryens of old had ridden upon dragonback when they went to war. She tried to imagine what it would feel like, to straddle a dragon’s neck and soar high into the air. It would be like standing on a mountaintop, only better. The whole world would be spread out below. If I flew high enough, I could even see the Seven Kingdoms, and reach up and touch the comet.
What is an ethical will? An ethical will is a non-legal document
that, traditionally, details the deceased’s last wishes, such as
funeral/burial arrangements, instructions for debts and other
obligations, and post-death requests to family and/or friends. Many also include letters to loved ones that impart
thoughts, wishes, lessons, and regrets from the deceased’s life. This
is different from a legal will, in that a legal will details what
will be done with monetary assets and physical possessions. Also
unlike a legal will, ethical wills can be shared with loved ones
prior to death.
A Jewish Tradition I don’t know how common ethical wills
are in modern Jewish communities, but the practice is believed to
have originated in Biblical times, with Jacob imparting blessings and
last wishes to his children shortly before passing away. The Talmud
also has references to verbal ethical wills, often given on the
deathbed, by sages and scholars.
There are centuries-old records of
Jewish people leaving behind tzava’ot for others -be they family
members, students, or other loved ones- as a way to summarize their
values, their wishes for their family, and so that their loved ones
may continue to learn from them after they’ve passed.
While this is believed to have started as a Jewish tradition, wider society has in recent years begun taking up the practice of writing ethical wills.
What does it look like? As a tzava’ah is not a legal document,
there is no standard script for how to write one. Which means they
can really look like anything. However, some synagogues, chabads,
hospices, and colleges may have classes in how to go about creating
one.
I had such a freaky dream about the Men in Black, not the movie, but the phenomenon. Basically, I was in this building, I guess like a classroom cause there were a lot of people my age. I was all the way in the back of the room on the compter researching stuff. Next to me were a bunch of students clearly. On my left this guy was trying to teach another guy math and on my right were just other students hanging out.
Anyways, as I was on the computer, I think I had been on youtube cause I was mad that this guy had closed all the tabs. I exclaimed that I was barely going to bookmark that page. So, I went through the computer trying to find the button for history to go back to the page, but no such button. I guess, it was actually like a old computer cause it looked like the one in the 90’s for some reason.
Then, that’s where the Men in Black entered the building. Realizing this, with my nerves set and pulse racing, I quickly tried to close the webpage, but it was blank on that annoying ‘Not responding’. Luckily, everything closed before they got to where I was. They said they were, of course, looking for me and handed me a bunch of papers about what I had been researching.
The research was about an airplane that had gone down. Here, I sort of got like flashes in my mind, of terrorists, guns, something shooting towards the plane like a missile or something, fire, the crashed plane. Basically, what I had been researching was the truth and controversy of what happened to that plane.
Anyways, after handing me those papers, the MIB said that I had to stop what I was doing. And the next line sent chills down my back, ‘Or you will die.’
With that they left. And I was just there kind of with my mouth open in fear and shock. One of the main thoughts racing through my mind was the utter surprise that the MIB had made such a statement and entered a building with so many witnesses. Also, the fact that, I now understood why people would destroy all their research after such an encounter. It was intimidating and frightning, fearing for your life.
Thus, the scene changed and I was lying down with my mom next to me. She had been present for some reason when the MIB had showed up. In a quiet voice I explained to her what they wanted and whar they were. I also kept very vauge my research because I was fearful they wouls be watching. In addition, in the corner or my eye, near the shadows, I could have sworn I saw a shadowy figure with a hat. Much like the MIB would look in shadows or peraps the Hat Man.
At this point I was utterly exhausted and scared, fighting to keep my eyes open. Mom told me to try and rest, but I didn’t want to for fear that I would never wake up.
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And this is when I pretty much woke up. I have no idea. Dream sort of freaked me out. I probably dreamed it because I read @sixpenceee stories before going to bed. Lol. And the only real parnanormal stuff I have been reading is, ‘Skinwalker Ranch No Trespassing’. Though, I’ve been reading it during long intervals.
And I’m just here like, this better not mean my life is in danger!!! Or that I will get a visit soon!! Or that there is a damn demon in my house now!! lol. Maybe I’ve made Satan mad cause I’ve been reading scriptures lol. If he is, more reason to, pffft.
“Everyone has three faces. One we wear it in front of the world, one we wear it in front of the people that are close to us, and one we wear it when we are alone”
– Unknown
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.”
I was raised in a fairly strict, but loving, Christian household in the Bible belt. My parents weren’t at all unreasonable in their rules and were well-intentioned, but I broke a few along the way like most teenagers do.
The summer before I started college, I began a relationship with a slightly older guy. I knew him from high school, and he was attending the college I would soon be at.
Johnny was a catch. He was exceptionally handsome, had been on the football team, and was on a full academic scholarship. Funny, talented, and very personable, there was little to NOT like about him. We bonded over our teetotalism and love of pranking.
This is truly one of the most terrifying stories Sixpencee has ever posted. It’s truly scary and disgusting how men like these exist. Men like that should all be destroyed.
They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great power and by your mighty hand.—Nehemiah 1:10.
Imagine how Nehemiah must have felt when he went to Jerusalem. The city was almost defenseless, and his fellow Jews were very discouraged. The threats from foreign opposers caused the Jews to slacken their hands, to cease rebuilding Jerusalem’s walls. Did Nehemiah allow that situation to cause him to drop his hands in discouragement too? No! Like Moses, Asa, and other faithful servants of Jehovah, Nehemiah had already developed a pattern of relying on Jehovah in prayer. (Exodus 17:8-13; 2 Chronicles 14:8-13) And this time was no different. In the face of what to the Jews might have seemed overwhelming obstacles, Jehovah responded to Nehemiah’s sincere plea for help. God used his “great power” and “mighty hand” to strengthen the Jews’ drooping hands. (Nehemiah 2:17-20; 6:9) Do you believe that Jehovah uses his “great power” and “mighty hand” to strengthen his servants today?
We have so many Horcruxes to choose from. Or even Time-Travel if we want the original before he went bat shit insane.
He has that aristocratic air about him that it sexy.
Possessive and Obsessive to the extreme.
Capable of so much.
Harrymort:
Voldemort’s snake appearance is hot imo.
He retains that possessive and obsessive thing which I like. For his character though. irl is not okay but him being a hot mess in fiction is great!
Drama queen who loves to hear his own voice. Very human despite him trying to shed that likeness.
His obsession with Harry specifically is interesting.
There is a bond between he and Harry thanks to the Horcrux. I like using that in fics.
Thankfully HP has so much in terms of world-building so there are so many avenues available to us plot-wise for fanfiction. If you are a decent enough writer you can make anything believable. I’ve got people who didn’t understand the ships, reading my fics just because I wrote them, and coming away interested in the ships and asking for recs.
I think I like them equally because there are differences but at the same time all of the possibilities can apply.
🔥 There is beauty in destruction🔥 