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.
rural enforcement
Female Virginity: The "virtue vice" is the way being too good can be a bad thing. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Your Purity Ring is Calling from the Mall
Female Virginity: Purity culture is a hall of mirrors where everyone is distorted, but no one can find the exit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral priorities
Female Virginity: The "holy hike" is a climb up a mountain that gets taller the higher you go. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
cultural values
Female Virginity: The "diploma" we get at the end is hopefully not a bill for our mistakes. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Moral Expectations
Female Virginity: The "holy horoscope" is vague enough to apply to anyone. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
virginity as a rare commodity
Female Virginity: The only thing spreading faster than religious doctrine is the workaround for it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
female virginity
Female Virginity: The "divine dynamometer" measures a force we can't define. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
spiritual audit
Female Virginity: The "divine delay" is the time between sin and consequence, which is often a lifetime. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
enforcement mechanisms
Female Virginity: You can chain the body, but the imagination will always find a way to run free. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
From Sacred Scrolls to Sephora Sales
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