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 hypocrisy
Female Virginity: The most powerful force against abstinence isn't temptation; it's a fully charged iPhone with a working data plan. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - spiritual commitment
Female Virginity: The "divine documentary" is a nature film about the most dangerous animal: us. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral ledger
Female Virginity: The "purity prism" refracts a single beam of light into a spectrum of hypocrisy. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - compliance rates
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 accounting
Female Virginity: Rural chastity isn't about virtue; it's about the terrifying efficiency of the local gossip network. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
sacred symbols
Female Virginity: The "chastity contradiction" is that we're asked to deny a fundamental part of our nature. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Cultural adaptation of religious virginity
Female Virginity: The "sinful disguise" is the costume we wear to hide our true selves. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
technological impact
Female Virginity: The "chastity charade" is the performance of innocence we stage for the world. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - premarital virginity
Female Virginity: The Grand Canyon is a mere ditch compared to the chasm between what is preached and what is practiced. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
the Grand Canyon-sized theory-practice gap
Female Virginity: If female virginity is the meticulously tracked main course, male virginity is the optional, store-brand seltzer. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG