Part 1 - Self Acceptance Skills

Chapter 23 - YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY 'NO'

You may by now have surprised yourself with the confidence of your words and actions. Thinking about Self Acceptance rights tops off your confidence.

You have the right to:

• make a mistake
• leave washing up the dishes until after your TV show
• change your mind
• have your own feelings and opinions
• express your feelings and opinions
• say 'I don't know'
• say Yes
• say No
• say neither Yes nor No until you're sure
• use your time as you choose
• resist social pressure
• refuse an invitation with or without an excuse
• not tidy up every day
• splurge now and then
• exercise
• be natural
• choose your friends
• choose what you eat and drink
• be sociable or unsociable
• choose to help people or not to help people
• wear what you like
• lie in on Sundays
• go to a movie or restaurant on your own
• have time on your own
• put off an argument to a time to suit you better
• return a faulty purchase
• find out your legal rights, pension rights, consumer rights and community information.

And-you have the right to have rights!

Everyone has Self Acceptance rights. When your right clashes with someone else's, there's a problem to be solved. The solution must respect both your right and the other person's right.