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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.
I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or live so that you never disappoint or hurt anybody, then your life is a continual assessment of whether or not you please other people.
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 know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
The message sent is not always the message received.
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
