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.
teaching teenagers to ignore their hormones
Female Virginity: The real "miracles" are the logical contortions performed to justify a Saturday night. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as a rare commodity
Female Virginity: The "divine dissonance" is the mental noise created by trying to follow impossible rules. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
urban vs rural compliance
Female Virginity: The "lock and key" analogy is the most telling Freudian slip in the history of moral teaching. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - spiritual jewelry
Female Virginity: The "purity conference" is just a trade show for existential dread. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Doctrine-practice divide in religions
Female Virginity: Religions spent millennia building a vault for a treasure they told one half of the population they possessed and the other half they could ignore. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - marriage market
Female Virginity: The "holy hologram" is the projected image of a saint, hiding the sinner within. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gender inequality
Female Virginity: The "margin" for error is much narrower than we'd like to believe. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "grace gauge" is the only one that matters, and it's frustratingly opaque. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
social expectations
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
religion vs. modern virginity
Female Virginity: The "pious portfolio" is diversified with bad decisions and good intentions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG