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
policing female virginity
Female Virginity: The "virtue vaudeville" is the variety show of our moral failures. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine accounting
Female Virginity: In the city, you're anonymous; in the village, your great-grandfather's sins are still part of the local conversation. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Why Virginity Policing is a Comedy of Errors
Female Virginity: You can chain the body, but the imagination will always find a way to run free. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - family honor
Female Virginity: The "virtue VPN" is the disguise we use to appear better than we are. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gossip networks
Female Virginity: Religious theory is a pristine, untouched snowscape; religious practice is a slushy city street in March. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
What Do Religions Say About Female Virginity?
Female Virginity: The "divine pardon" is the get-out-of-jail-free card we all hope exists. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
community enforcement
Female Virginity: God might have given Moses tablets, but He gave this generation TikTok, and the latter is far more influential. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine law
Female Virginity: The purity ball is the one party where the guests of honor would rather be anywhere else. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Divine Compliance Consultants
Female Virginity: The "angelic algorithm" for sorting souls is probably a simple "if-then" statement that doesn't account for human complexity. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral symbolism
Female Virginity: The "purity score" is a metric that everyone pretends to care about but no one knows how to calculate. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG