Lexy Grace 103697 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 i am me "My Declaration of Self-esteem" In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me - everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone choose it - I own everything about me - my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or to myself - I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears - I own all 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 me in 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 for 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 turned out to be unfitting, I can discard that which I feel 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 & I AM OKAY By: Virginia Satir I hope this poem inspires others as it has me! All my Love, Lexy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drlove 37204 Report post Posted June 5, 2012 Thanks for sharing Lexy... I actually attended a professional development workshop based on the Virginia Satir Model once. Very impressive... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites