“I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it — I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know — but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me.
However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me.
I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.”
~Virginia Satir quotes (American Psychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)
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Hey Louise,
Great post. Thanks for sharing the awesome words of Virginia Satir. Love to hear them. Keep on Lovin’ yourself.
Make it a great day!
God Bless,
-ed
Thanks Ed! You too
Wow, not only are you pretty but you are smart and not afraid to speak from the heart publicly. Thanks Louise! Very touching.
Hey James! Thanks so much for your comment… what a lovely thing to say!
Have a great day!
~Louise
Hi Louise.
I wish everyone would be as open and honest as you are in this video. You speak from your heart and do it ‘out there’ for the world to see – and meet – the real you. No hiding, no hype, no ‘look how great I am’, just genuine. It was so refreshing to come across your blog, via Twitter, and will certainly be popping back to see what else you add in the future.
All the best. Martin
Hey Martin!
Thanks SO much for your lovely comment…it’s really nice to hear, especially as I haven’t been doing video that long
Thanks also for commenting, and I look forward to seeing you here again soon!
Have a great day,
~Louise