Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing - Oak Yearbook (Williamsport, PA)

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MY DECLARATION OF SELF-ESTEEM IAMME 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 TO MYSELF - 1 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 t • KNOW -BUT AS LONG AS I AM FRIENDLY AND LOVING TO H W MYSELF, I CAN COURAGEOUSLY AND HOPEFULLY LOOK FOR ] SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLES ■I f 1 AND FOR WAYS TO FIND OUT | f MORE ABOUT ME -HOWEVER I LOOK AND SOUND, WHATEVER f » ' 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 PROD- UCTIVE, AND TO MAKE SENSE AND ORDER OUT OF THE WORLD OF PEOPLE AND THINGS OUTSIDE OF ME - 1 OWN ME, AND THEREFORE I CAN ENGINEER ME — I AM ME AND IAMOKAY Virginia Satir

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In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me — Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because alone chose it — I own everything about me