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
Chastity in Religion
Female Virginity: The "moral mockery" is the way our best intentions are often thwarted by our worst instincts. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine compliance
Female Virginity: The "heavenly hall monitor" is the one we all learned to ignore in school. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious enforcement
Female Virginity: The "moral mission" is an assignment we didn't ask for and can't complete. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious variations
Female Virginity: Getting into heaven is less about being perfect and more about having a good lawyer. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious accessories
Female Virginity: The "angelic auditor" is the one we hope is bad at math. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Social Currency of Chastity
Female Virginity: The only thing more sacred than female virginity is the collective amnesia about male virginity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious morality
Female Virginity: The "virtue costume" is the outfit we change out of when we get home. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious variations
Female Virginity: The real miracle is that women haven't collectively invoiced the patriarchy for millennia of unpaid emotional and spiritual labor. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious morality
Female Virginity: The purer you try to be, the more you notice the impurities in everyone else. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral obsession
Female Virginity: The "word count" for our good deeds is always disappointingly short. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG