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.
Virginity in religious contexts
Female Virginity: The "treasure" is locked in a vault, and everyone is given the combination but told never to use it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral ledger
Female Virginity: The "sacred superstition" is the belief that following the rules will protect you from yourself. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
social standing
Female Virginity: "I'm saving myself for marriage" is often true, if you don't count the specific, carefully defined exceptions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral enforcement
Female Virginity: The "virginity veneer" is the thin layer of respectability we paint over our desires. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity as Currency
Female Virginity: The "celestial conundrum" is the riddle of why we were made this way if it's a sin to be this way. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "pop quiz" of temptation is one we fail more often than we'd like to admit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - cultural values
Female Virginity: The gap between our public profile and our private life is where all the interesting things happen. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Ultimate Accessory: Purity Rings Pandora
Female Virginity: Religions planned for the afterlife, but tragically underestimated the invention of the backseat of a Chevrolet. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religious enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: The "moral metronome" keeps a rhythm that no one can dance to. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
reality check on female virginity
Female Virginity: The only thing more persistent than a religious rule is a teenager's determination to test its boundaries. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG