As a teenager you have your whole life ahead of you. The choices you make TODAY will affect your future. Goals can help you achieve success and give your life purpose, meaning and direction.
- What are some of your goals?
A goal has to be:
- Important to you
- Realistic
- Planned
- Acted upon
Actions that could prevent you from achieving your goals:
- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Poor Grades
- Bad Behavior
- Criminal Record
- Laziness
- Sexual activity
What is abstinence?
- "Abstinence is a voluntary choice to save all sexual activity for marriage. Sexual activity includes any type of sexual stimulation or genital contact. Achieving sexual abstinence by exercising self-control is the ONLY 100% effective way to avoid the possible physical, emotional, mental and social consequences of sex outside of marriage."
How could choosing abstinence help you reach your goals?
- You will learn self-control
- You will learn patience
- You will learn to respect others
- You will not be distracted
- You will not have to worry about an unplanned pregnancy
What is secondary abstinence?
- "Choosing to abstain from sexual activity after having been sexually active in the past."
Sex is worth saving for marriage...and you are worth waiting for.