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
Female Virginity - divine compliance
Female Virginity: The celestial "delete" key must be the most worn-out button in the universe. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity in Religion
Female Virginity: The "soul's battery" is perpetually at 1, but somehow it keeps going. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Symbols are easier to wear than enforce
Female Virginity: The "virtue VPN" is the disguise we use to appear better than we are. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious authorities
Female Virginity: The real lesson of abstinence education is that you can't solve a biological problem with a philosophical solution. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral expectations
Female Virginity: If God has a "recently opened" folder, it's just a list of our greatest regrets. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - purity pledges
Female Virginity: The only thing more persistent than a religious rule is a teenager's determination to test its boundaries. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
urban compliance
Female Virginity: The market for virginity is the only one where the product is destroyed upon its first use. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Which religions value virginity most?
Female Virginity: The real bubble isn't in tech stocks; it's in the inflated social value of a biological non-event. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
community enforcement
Female Virginity: The "celestial CIA" is an agency that knows everything but does nothing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
family honor
Female Virginity: The phrase "we didn't go all the way" is the theological equivalent of a corporate tax loophole. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG