More Quotes by Virginia Satir
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.
Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.
I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
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 Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.
The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.
Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
There are five freedoms: The freedom to see and hear what is; The freedom to say what you feel and think; The freedom to feel what you actually feel; The freedom to ask for what you want; The freedom to take risks on your own behalf.
