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
The Hilarious Gap Between Holy and Human
Female Virginity: If the angels are keeping track, they're doing it on a celestial Excel spreadsheet that keeps crashing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religion vs modernity
Female Virginity: The "divine drama" is that we take our small part so seriously. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Symbols are easier to wear than enforce
Female Virginity: A signed purity pledge has the half-life of a mayfly in a room full of frogs. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
ideal vs real
Female Virginity: The angel in charge of the virginity ledger must have the world's worst case of repetitive strain injury from all the double-entry bookkeeping. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - modern challenges
Female Virginity: The "pious processor" is overheating from the sheer volume of moral calculations. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Sacred Texts Meet TikTok
Female Virginity: The "divine database" is corrupted with contradictions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Purity Rings Pandora
Female Virginity: There's a special kind of irony in a purity ring sitting next to a Pandora bracelet named "Chloe's 16th Birthday Extravaganza.. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - family honor
Female Virginity: The "virginity voyage" is a trip to nowhere on a ship of fools. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
technology vs tradition
Female Virginity: The "lock and key" analogy is the most telling Freudian slip in the history of moral teaching. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine compliance
Female Virginity: The "pious path" is a trail that leads off a cliff. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG