Affirmations - Right & Freedoms

Rights

As a person, I have a right to...

• be myself;
• refuse requests without feeling selfish;
• be competent and be proud of my accomplishments;
• feel and express anger;
• ask for affection and help
  (may be turned down, but can ask);
• be treated as a capable adult;
• be illogical in making decisions;
• make mistakes and be responsible for them;
• change my mind;
• say "I don't agree";
• say "I don't know";
• say "I don't understand";
• offer no reasons of excuses for justifying my behaviour;
• have my opinions given respect;
• have my needs be as important as the needs of others;
• tell someone what my needs are
  (they may not care to do anything about it)
• judge my own behaviour, thoughts and emotions, and be their initiation and consequences upon myself;
• judge if I am responsible for finding solutions to other people's problems;
• take pride in my body and to define attractiveness in my own terms;
• grow, learn and change and to value my age and experience, and sometimes to make demands on others.

NOTE: I have a responsibility to acknowledge and respect the rights of others.

Freedoms

The five basic freedoms:

1. To see and hear what you see and hear, rather than what you should see and hear.
2. To know what you know, rather than what you should know.
3. To want what you want, rather than what you should want.
4. To imagine what you want to imagine, to fee what you want to feel. To express what you want to express.
5. To create what you want to create, rather than what you should create.