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.
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Female Virginity: The "margin" for error is much narrower than we'd like to believe. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - doctrine vs practice
Female Virginity: The "divine joke" is on all of us, and the punchline is our mortality. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious rankings
Female Virginity: The "karma cache" is constantly being cleared by acts of petty kindness. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
compassion deficit
Female Virginity: The "holiness bar" is set at a height that ensures everyone will trip over it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Virginity in the Bible
Female Virginity: The "oath of purity" is the one we cross our fingers behind our backs while taking. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
sacred symbols
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 - virginity policing
Female Virginity: In a village, your life is a open-book exam; in the city, it's a multiple-choice test where you can choose all the answers. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
premarital virginity
Female Virginity: The "pledge of virginity" is a declaration of a current state, not a prediction of the future. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious hypocrisy
Female Virginity: A "mistake" is just a sin that you managed to reframe successfully. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural differences
Female Virginity: The "virtue signal" is often just a distress call in disguise. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG