Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Live each day as it were your last. 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
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. 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.
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.
religious virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine dilemma" is the impossible choice between being happy and being good. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Virginity Paradox
Female Virginity: The "heavenly hall monitor" is the one we all learned to ignore in school. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - chastity
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity rings as fashion statements
Female Virginity: The Ten Commandments would have been a lot different if they'd been composed as a series of tweets with a strict character limit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Male Virginity Exception
Female Virginity: An abstinence pledge is less a vow and more a temporary mood that passes like gas. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious theory vs practice
Female Virginity: The "sin telescope" is always focused on other people's galaxies. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: The purity ring industry is the only one that hopes its symbolic product never actually gets used for its intended purpose. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as currency
Female Virginity: It turns out you can't save souls the same way you save a Word document. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - celestial judgment
Female Virginity: The "chastity clock" is always ticking, but no one knows what time it is. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
female virginity and faith
Female Virginity: The "moral mortgage" is a debt we can never fully repay. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG