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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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.
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
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.
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
