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It is O. K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.

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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Psychotherapist
Social And Health Care Assistant
Social Worker
Teacher
Writer
Virginia M. Satir
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Angry
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Ways
Feel
Feels
Way

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Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
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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.
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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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.
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Problems are not the problem coping is the problem.
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