From the book, “Healing the Child Within, by Charles Whitfield. Personal Bill of Rights is compilation of rights that several groups have created.
BILL OF RIGHTS
1. I have numerous choices in my life beyond mere survival.
2. I have the right to discover and know my Child within.
3. I have a right to grieve over what I didn’t get that I needed or what I got that I didn’t need or want.
4. I have a right to follow my own values and standards.
5. I have a right to recognize and accept my own value system as appropriate.
6. I have a right to say no to anything when I feel I am not ready, it is unsafe or violates my values.
7. I have a right to dignity and respect.
8. I have a right to make decisions.
9. I have a right to determine and honor my own priorities.
10. I have a right to have my needs and wants respected by others.
11. I have the right to terminate conversations with people who make me feel put down and humiliated.
12. I have the right not to be responsible for other’s behavior, actions, feelings or problems.
13. I have a right to make mistakes and not have to be perfect.
14. I have a right to expect honesty from others.
15. I have a right to all of my feelings.
16. I have a right to be angry at someone I love.
17. I have a right to be uniquely me, without feeling that I’m not good enough.
18. I have a right to feel scared and to say, “I am afraid.”
19. I have the right to experience and then let go of fear, guilt and shame.
20. I have a right to make decisions based on my feelings, my judgment or any reason that I chose.
21. I have a right to change my mind at any time.
22. I have the right to be happy.
23. I have a right to stability- roots and stable healthy relationships of my choice.
24. I have the right to my own personal space and time needs.
25. There is no need to smile when I cry.
26. It is okay to be relaxed, playful and frivolous.
27. I have the right to be flexible and be comfortable with doing so.
28. I have the right to change and grow.
29. I have the right to be open to improve communication skills so that I may be understood.
30. I have the right to make friends and be comfortable around people.
31. I have a right to be in a non-abusive environment.
32. I can be healthier than those around me.
33. I can take care of myself, no matter what.
34. I have the right to grieve over actual or threatened losses.
35. I have the right to trust others who earn my trust.
36. I have the right to forgive others and to forgive myself.
37. I have the right to give and to receive unconditional love.
You may wish to consider whether you have any of these rights. My belief is that every human being has every one of these rights and more.
As we transform, we begin to integrate our transformations into our lives.
Charles Whitfield.
How interesting this was to read and to agree full heartedly that we do indeed have our own personal rights.
I have the right to me, my body and my life, my choices and my feelings. I also freely give the same rights to those who I engage with or even the folks who no longer want to engage with me. I honor their choices; I honor their voices and their wishes. For we all have the same rights.
What I have come to see and know is that very few use these rights; instead another’s rights are using them.
I was near 50 years old before I utilized my rights, before I even knew that I had a list of rights within me, that I had the option to say yes or no, to come or go, to speak my feelings, up and until then I was a robot moving by the rights of others.
I am so grateful to have my own rights.
I love my rights.
I love that I am free to use my rights.
I am the only one who can give up my rights; they can only be taken with my permission.
It is my intention to live the next 50 years with my rights in hand!
When you own your own rights, you are no longer co-dependent and being moved by another's rights.
My rights move me!
I M Perfect lady 