In all the world, there is no one else exactly like meEverything that comes out of me is authentically meBecause I alone chose it - I own everything about meMy body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions,Whether they be to others or to myself - I own my fanatasies,My dreams, my hopes, my fears - I own all my triumphs andSuccesses, all my failures and mistakes Because I own all of Me, I can become intimately acquainted with me - by so doingI can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts - I knowThere are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and otherAspects that I do not know - but as long as I amFriendly and loving to myself, I can courageouslyAnd hopefully look for solutions to the puzzlesAnd for ways to find out more about me - However I Look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whateverI think and feel at a given moment in time is authenticallyMe - If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thoughtAnd felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which isUnfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for thatWhich I discarded - I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and doI have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be Productive to make sense and order out of the world ofPeople and things outside of me - I own me, and therefore I can engineer me - I am me and I AM OKAY
~Virginia Satir~ 1975
3 comments:
Good Post, Tina!
Thanks Sharon. Somebody read this the other day at a meeting to us and i just thought it was great and thought i share it with everybody....we all can use a reminder once in a while about who we really are and that we are okay just the way we are.
I like it ... thanks for sharing :)
Glad to see the happy smile is still there! lol
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