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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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
LoveYou
Appreciate
Judging
We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Differences
Together
Bases
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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Freedom
Thinking
Risk
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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Inspirational
Life
Breakup
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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Inspire
Want
Excited
Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Communication
Breaths
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Motivational
Family
Appreciation
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Life
BeingYourself
PositiveThinking
Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Important
Events
Response
We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Love
Inspirational
Marriage
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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Love
Believe
Heard
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
People
Misery
Certainty
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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Communication
Skills
Issues
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Children
SelfWorth
Expression
The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Problem
Symptoms
Deeper
The message sent is not always the message received.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Messages
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.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Mean
Opportunity
NegativeExperiences
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
People
Trying
Tunes
Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Balance
Taste
Fit
The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
― Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
Giving
Persons
ICan
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