Assertive Rights

A certain phrase has been catching my ear lately. I've tried to cut out 'should' and had pretty good results with that, I think...now I am going to work on 'don't have a right'...because I keep hearing it, I say it, and I've heard my freinds say it and write it here in LJ. "I don't have the right to say ---" "I don't have the right to do---"...and I am just telling you now that you are Free. Let's be realistic here, your rights end where mine begin, and vice versa. You have the right to ask me for what you want or need. I have the right to say Yes or No, and I have the right to change my mind. So do you.



My Assertive Rights.

I have the right to feel good about myself.

I have the right to stand up for myself.

I have the right to experience and express my feelings.

I have the right to ask for what I want.

I have the right to say "No" and not feel guilty.

I have the right to ask "dumb" questions.

I have the right to "read minds" poorly.

I have the right to take time to slow down and think.

I have the right to change my mind and make mistakes.

I have the right to disappoint people and do less than I am capable of doing.

I have the right to not have a "good reason" for what I feel and want


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"I am Alive, and I tell you that you are Free."
- The Goddess Eris, in Principia Discordia