More Quotes by Virginia Satir
It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor, tact, love, wisdom, awareness, and knowledge. At the same time, it holds the possibility for the most rewarding, joyous experience of a lifetime, namely, that of being successful guides to a new and unique human being.
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
You have all played a significant part in my development of loving. As a result, my life has been rich and full, so I leave feeling very grateful.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
Parents teach in the toughest school in the word: The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, theclassroom teacher, and the janitor, all rolled into two. . . . There are few schools to train you for your job, and there is no general agreement on the curriculum. . . . You are on duty, or at least on call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for at least 18 years for each child you have. Besides that, you have to contend with an administration that has two leaders or bosses, whichever the case may be.
I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
