Virginia Satir
"“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.”"
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"“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.”"
"أنا أنا. لا يوجد في الوجود كله من يماثلني تمامًا. كل ما ينبع مني هو ملكي الخالص، لأنني وحدي من ارتضيته. أمتلك كل ما فيّ: جسدي، مشاعري، لساني، صوتي، كل أفعالي، سواء كانت تجاه الآخرين أو تجاه نفسي. أمتلك خيالاتي، أحلامي، آمالي، مخاوفي. أمتلك انتصاراتي ونجاحاتي، وكل إخفاقاتي وأخطائي.
ولأنني أمتلك ذاتي بأكملها، يمكنني أن أتعرف عليها بعمق. وبهذا، يمكنني أن أحب نفسي وأن أكون ودودًا مع كل جوانبي. أعلم أن هناك جوانب من ذاتي تحيرني، وجوانب أخرى لا أعرفها – ولكن طالما أنني ودود ومحب لذاتي، يمكنني بشجاعة وأمل أن أبحث عن حلول لتلك الألغاز وطرق لاكتشاف المزيد عن نفسي.
كيفما أبدو وأتحدث، ومهما قلت وفعلت، ومهما فكرت وشعرت في لحظة معينة، فذلك هو أنا الحقيقية. إذا تبين لاحقًا أن بعض جوانب مظهري، صوتي، أفكاري، ومشاعري لا تناسبني، يمكنني أن أتخلى عما لا يناسبني، وأحتفظ بالباقي، وأبتكر شيئًا جديدًا لما استبعدته.
يمكنني أن أرى، أسمع، أشعر، أفكر، أقول، وأفعل. لدي الأدوات لأبقى على قيد الحياة، لأكون قريبًا من الآخرين، لأكون منتجًا، ولأصنع معنى ونظامًا في عالم الناس والأشياء من حولي. أمتلك ذاتي، وبالتالي، يمكنني أن أصوغها. أنا أنا، وأنا بخير."
Virginia Satir
"Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves."
"المراهقون ليسوا وحوشًا. إنهم مجرد أناس يحاولون تعلم كيفية العيش بين الكبار في هذا العالم، الذين ربما هم أنفسهم ليسوا متأكدين تمامًا."
Virginia Satir
"Problems are not the problem coping is the problem."
"المشكلات ليست هي المشكلة، بل كيفية التعامل معها هي المشكلة."
Virginia Satir
"We can learn something new anytime we believe we can."
"نستطيع أن نتعلم شيئًا جديدًا في كل حين نؤمن فيه بقدرتنا على ذلك."
Virginia Satir
"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."
"لا تزدهر مشاعر القيمة الذاتية إلا في جوٍّ تُقدَّر فيه الفروقات الفردية، وتُغتفَر فيه الأخطاء، ويكون التواصل فيه صريحًا، والقواعد فيه مرنة؛ جوٍّ يشبه ذاك الذي يسود الأسرة الحاضنة."
Virginia Satir
"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."
"كل كلمة، أو تعبير وجه، أو إيماءة، أو فعل يصدر عن الوالدين، يحمل للطفل رسالة ما عن قيمته الذاتية. ومن المحزن أن الكثير من الآباء لا يدركون فحوى الرسائل التي يبعثون بها."
Virginia Satir
"What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting."
"ما يترسب من ماضي الوالد الفردي، غير المحسوم أو الناقص، غالبًا ما يتجلى في تربيته اللاعقلانية."
Virginia Satir
"We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth."
"نحتاج أربع عِناقات يوميًا للبقاء. ثمانية عِناقات للمُحافظة. واثنا عشر عِناقًا للنمو."
Virginia Satir
"Once a human being has arrived on this earth communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him."
"منذ أن يطأ الإنسان هذه البسيطة، يغدو التواصل المحرك الأكبر والأوحد الذي يرسم معالم علاقاته بالآخرين، ويصوغ مجرى حياته في هذا العالم."
Virginia Satir
"We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us."
"لا ينبغي أن نسمح لتصورات الآخرين المحدودة بأن تحدد هويتنا."
Virginia Satir
"So much is asked of parents, and so little is given."
Virginia Satir
"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
"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
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