Bill of Rights—Who Has the Power?

Following is a list of your Personal Bill of Rights

  1. I have the right to say “no” without feeling guilty
  2. I have the right to express all of my feelings and express them in a healthy moderate way
  3. I have the right to disagree with you
  4. I have the right to express my own opinions
  5. I have the right to decide what is right for me
  6. I have the right to my own thoughts and ideas
  7. I have the right to pursue the life of my choosing as long as I am willing to be responsible for the outcome and it doesn’t interfere with others rights
  8. I have the right to take care of myself
  9. I have the right to make changes in my life
  10. I have the right to be uniquely myself and express my opinions, tastes, and creativity
  11. I have the right to be treated with respect even if I am different and others have opposing points of view
  12. I have the right to believe what I choose to believe
  13. I have the right to my own ideas and thinking, and to express them even if they are met with disapproval
  14. I have the right to stand up for myself and my rights even if others disagree
  15. I have the right to protect, defend and make decisions about what is legally and rightfully mine and to take whatever legal and ethical measures to make that happen
  16. I have the right to remove myself from the presence of someone who is abusive
  17. I have the right to insist an abusive person leave my presence or property – I hold the right to call the authorities and ask for help to have them escorted away from me if necessary
  18. I have the right to refuse sex or to decide how it works best for me
  19. I have the right to make mistakes and learn from them
  20. I have the right to feel all of my feelings and express them in a moderate, appropriate way
  21. I have the right to love and be loved
  22. I have the right to be free
  23. I have the right to feel all my feeling and talk about them
  24. I have the right to teach others how to treat me
  25. I have the right to not smile while I am crying
  26. I have the right to establish my own limits and boundaries
  27. I have the right to be awkward, especially when learning and/or trying new behaviors
  28. I have the right to make mistakes
  29. I have the right to be listened to and taken seriously
  30. I have the right to set my own priorities
  31. I have the right to ask for what I need and want and take measures to make that happen
  32. I have the right to get what I pay for
  33. I have the right to ask for information from others
  34. I have the right to assert myself or not
  35. I have the right to change my mind
  36. I have the right to say, “I don’t know the answer”
  37. I have the right to take time to think things over
  38. I have the right to choose my own values and decide what is most important to me
  39. I have the right not to have to explain why I am choosing what I’m choosing, as long as I take responsibility for the outcome and as long as I’m not infringing on others rights
  40. I have the right to decide what is right for my own body
  41. I have the right to choose my own friends, profession, beliefs, and lifestyle
  42. I have the right to do less than is humanly possible
  43. I have the right to stand up for myself if I feel I am being violated
  44. I have the right to question authority
  45. I have the right to feel joy
  46. I have the right to love and to be loved
  47. I have the right to be free
  48. I have the right to be relaxed, playful, angry
  49. I have the right to establish my own limits
  50. I have the right to act in ways that promote dignity and self-respect as
  51. long as other’s rights are not violated in the process
  52. I have the right to be treated with respect
  53. I have the right to change my mind
  54. I have the right to ask for what I want and ask for information
  55. I have the right to love and feel good about myself
  56. These are just examples. There are many more! Think of your own.