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.
Teenagers and Abstinence
Female Virginity: If "theory" and "practice" were in a marriage, they'd have divorced over irreconcilable differences millennia ago. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
traditional values
Female Virginity: Treating virginity like Bitcoin is the most accurate analogy no one in finance wants to touch. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - cultural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "sinful spoof" is the way our best-laid plans are so easily overturned. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Oops, I Did It Again: The Pledge Breakdown
Female Virginity: The "sinful disguise" is the costume we wear to hide our true selves. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
parental monitoring
Female Virginity: The "virtue vampire" is the one who sucks the joy out of everything in the name of piety. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Doctrine-practice divide in religions
Female Virginity: The "sin satire" is the genre of our existence. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Question-Based:
Female Virginity: The divine algorithm for sorting souls must be baffled by the noise-to-signal ratio. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - gender inequality
Female Virginity: The "sin shaman" is the friend who gives you bad advice with good intentions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
compliance rates
Female Virginity: The "sacred stall" is the tactic we use to avoid judgment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - abstinence
Female Virginity: The "oath of purity" is the one we cross our fingers behind our backs while taking. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG