Chicken Soup For The Soul- Redone

Declaration Of Humanhood

I hereby declare that I am human.

I am human in my joy and laughter, and I am human in my pain and tears.

I am human in my need to love and help others, and in my need to be loved and helped by others.

I am human in my dreams and accomplishments, but most of all I am human in my flaws and mistakes.

Being human, I am entitled to the following rights:

1) I have the right to be imperfect.

2) I have the right to make many (sometimes huge) mistakes.

3) I have the right to learn from my mistakes and then move on with my life.

4) I have the right to forgive myself.

5) I have the right to feel what I feel.

6) I have the right to laugh until it hurts, and cry until it stops hurting.

7) I have the right to live my life as I choose.

8) I have the right to happiness.

9) I have the right to my own beliefs.

10) I have the right to true friends and true love.

11) I have the right to be loved by others.

12) I have the right to be loved by me.

-Michelle Bouchard