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More Quotes by Virginia Satir
What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.
Rearing a family is probably the most difficult job in the world. It resembles two business firms merging their respective resources to make a single product. All the potential headaches of that operation are present when an adult male and an adult female join to steer a child from infancy to adulthood.
I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.
Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
I am me and I am okay.
