Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time.
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. If you can dream it, you can do it. Do it now, not tomorrow. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself
If you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. If you can dream it, you can do it. Do it now, not tomorrow. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself
Is Virginity Like Bitcoin?
Female Virginity: The "sacred smoke screen" is the cloud of piety we use to obscure our actions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
satire on religious chastity
Female Virginity: Hashtag #PurityRing is usually found right next to hashtag #Oops in the digital confession booth. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
teaching teenagers to ignore their hormones
Female Virginity: Nothing makes a teenager want to do something more than being told it will ruin their "purity.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
technology vs tradition
Female Virginity: The "purity pendulum" swings from repression to liberation and back again. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - abstinence programs
Female Virginity: Teenagers operate on the theological principle that God is like a parent who's busy watching something else on TV. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - double standards
Female Virginity: The "sacred sonar" is pinging in the void, listening for a echo that never comes. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral value
Female Virginity: The "page layout" of a life is often a mess of revisions and corrections. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religion and Virginity
Female Virginity: The gap between our public profile and our private life is where all the interesting things happen. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Teenagers and Abstinence
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - male virginity exception
Female Virginity: For every "thou shalt not," there is a "but what if we did" waiting in the wings. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG