I am me by 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 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 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 …