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 morality
Female Virginity: The purity ring is the spiritual equivalent of a "Keep Off the Grass" sign in a public park. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Religion and Virginity
Female Virginity: Religions built a fortress to protect a treasure that was never in danger of being stolen, only willingly given away. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious authorities
Female Virginity: We're all just actors in a divine comedy, reading from a script we didn't write. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
teaching teenagers to ignore their hormones
Female Virginity: A "mistake" is just a sin that you managed to reframe successfully. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
chastity
Female Virginity: The "celestial comedy" is that we take ourselves so seriously when the universe is laughing at us. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Inevitability of Adolescent Behavior
Female Virginity: The "celestial cabaret" is the show that never ends, and the audience is never satisfied. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine download" is the firmware update we never installed. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - divine oversight
Female Virginity: The purity ring market is the only one where the product's failure is the customer's fault. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine oversight
Female Virginity: The "sin scale" is balanced with feathers on one side and lead balloons on the other. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
moral obsession
Female Virginity: The angel in charge of "permanent deletion" must have carpal tunnel syndrome. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG