Can one be both? Do what needs to be done, while pissing my pants and wishing that it didn't have to be me doing it?
The truth was far more sinister.

The bar for presidents is quite low.
I've been in a similar situation and believe you. Still don't say it until you're dating, there are plenty of good people who will be scared if you say it too soon.
Even if OP understands their own feelings and does love this person they do know, it's still a bad idea to say that now.
So did the cyanobacteria. The Oxygen Catastrophe wasn't a one-time event, it was a horrific cycle of pollution and death.
Who is more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows?
Enough to secede?
“There are some things that simply shouldn’t be bought on credit, whether it’s a 106 baht (S$4) bubble tea or a 50 baht plate of chicken rice,” Vitai told reporters at a recent press event in Bangkok. “We may have gone too far – when people start financing small purchases, it creates a habit of spending money they don’t have.”
— Governor Vitai Ratanakorn
Which "we" has gone too far? It sounds like he's blaming the public for how they respond to monetary policy.
The first rule of traditional personal finance is to keep a cash reserve. But "we" regressively punish that cash reserve, and justify it because we've deluded ourselves into thinking more GDP is good for the working class.
- Most Americans want manufacturing to come back to America.
- Most Americans do not want to work at a factory.
These facts don't conflict. Americans want automation. The problem has always been who gets most of its benefit.
It's a nice quote but doesn't really make sense. The eye for the second eye is the first eye, there's only two eyes involved, not a nonsensical endless chain of eyes. This concept of justice predates the quote.