Your Personal Rights

1. The right to decide how to lead your life: This includes pursuing your own goals and dreams and establishing your own priorities.
2. The right to your own values, beliefs, opinions, and emotions and the right to respect yourself for them, no matter the opinion of others.
3. The right not to justify or explain your actions or feelings to others.
4. The right to tell others how you wish to be treated.
5. The right to express yourself and to say "No," "I don't know," "I don't understand," or even "I don't care." You have the right to take the time you need to formulate your ideas before expressing them.
6. The right to ask for information or help without having negative feelings about your needs.
7. The right to change your mind, to make mistakes, and to sometimes act illogically with full understanding and acceptance of the consequences.
8. The right to like yourself even though you're not perfect, and to sometimes do less than you are capable of doing.
9. The right to have positive, satisfying relationships within which you feel comfortable and free to express yourself honestly and the right to change or end relationships if they don't meet your needs.
10. The right to change, enhance, or develop your life in any way you determine.