Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Never give up; Never give in.
I'm free to be what I want. 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. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
[blockquote author="Unknown"]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[/blockquote]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
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 - moral obsession
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious texts on virginity
Female Virginity: Divine mercy is just celestial credit for a sin that no one found out about. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "operating system" of morality is in desperate need of a security patch. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Modern Virginity
Female Virginity: The "solemn vow" is the one we make when we're not in the situation we're vowing to avoid. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
geographic variations
Female Virginity: The celestial bureaucracy has a whole department for female compliance and a single, dusty inbox for male inquiries. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Geography of Chastity
Female Virginity: The "holy hologram" is the perfect image that vanishes when you try to touch it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: Divine law is written in stone; human compliance is written on a napkin that got left in the rain. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
traditional values
Female Virginity: The "divine help desk" is outsourced to a call center in another dimension. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
abstinence programs
Female Virginity: The "gift" of virginity is the one present you're not allowed to open, but are expected to proudly display. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
generational shift
Female Virginity: The real "act of God" is a successfully executed alibi. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG