Let me leave you with this thought, written by my father before he died. If you incorporate it into your system of values, it will serve as a worthy guide to the management of your sexual energy: Strong desire is like a river. As long as it flows within the banks of Gods willbe the current strong or weakall is well. But when it overruns those boundaries and seeks its own channels, then disaster lurks in the rampage below.
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