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.
social media surveillance of teens
Female Virginity: The only thing growing faster than a teenager is their list of reasons why the rules don't apply to them. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Are Abstinence Programs Effective?
Female Virginity: The dialogue between doctrine and desire is the oldest, and most repetitive, conversation in history. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
comparative virginity
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
geographic variations
Female Virginity: The whole system relies on a collective agreement about value that is rapidly breaking down. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - generational differences
Female Virginity: The "virtue dividend" is a payment that never arrives. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Compassion optional
Female Virginity: Divine mercy is just celestial credit for a sin that no one found out about. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
demographic trends
Female Virginity: The "purity protocol" is a set of rules that no one can follow perfectly. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine judgment
Female Virginity: The curriculum for any abstinence program should just be one word: "Inevitable," repeated for a semester. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
purity culture
Female Virginity: The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that his headquarters were in a teenager's pants. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine oversight
Female Virginity: You haven't lived until you've seen a teenager explain their purity ring to their thoroughly secular, and confused, dermatologist. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG