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At 6:30am on February 16, 2010, Sharon Taphorn said…: Have a wonderful day and splendid year ahead, love and blessings, Sharon

At 1:35pm on January 29, 2010, Martha Crawford said…: It's been quite valuable to ponder this quote as I type it up to send to my daughter.
I think I will broadcast it more widely.

At 1:13pm on January 29, 2010, Martha Crawford said…: Wat an important contributor Virginia Satir was to our human process of increasing freedom and self-actualization.
Thanks for the post. I'm going to make sure my daughter, a colege freshman, reads it.

At 6:40am on January 29, 2010, The Ancient One said…: My Declaration of Self Esteem
I am me.

I am unique.
There's not another human being
in the whole world like me.

I have my very own fingerprints and
I have my very own thoughts.

I was not stamped out of a mold like a
Coca-Cola top, to be the duplicate of another.

I own all of me -- my body, and
I can do with it what I choose;
my mind, and all of its thoughts and ideas;
my feelings, whether joyful or painful.

I own my ideals,
my dreams,
my hopes,
my fantasies,
my fears.

I reserve the right to think and feel
differently from others and
will grant to others
their right to thoughts and feelings
not identical with my own.

I own all my triumphs and successes.
I own also all my failures and mistakes.
I am the cause of what I do and
am responsible for my own behavior.

I will permit myself to be imperfect.
When I make mistakes or fail,
I will know that I am not the failure --
I am still O.K. --
and I will discard
some parts of me that were unfitting
and will try new ways.

I will laugh freely and loudly at myself
-- a healthy self-affirmation.

I will have fun living inside my skin.

I will remember that the door to
everybody's life needs this sign:

Honor Thyself
I have value and worth.
I am me, and I am O.K.
(From Self Esteem,
by Virginia Satir)