In the previous blog, Overcoming Rejection (Part 1), you read about various types of rejection and how they can impact your self-worth. Feelings of Frustration. Hopelessness. Shame. Worthlessness. Jealousy. Anger, and many other harmful emotions can surface when you experience rejection. You may mistakenly believe that something is wrong with YOU. The truth is the rejection does embarrass you. The rejection is disappointing. The rejection does hurt you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Everything is not OK.
A change of perspective is one of the only ways to battle the flood of thoughts and emotions tied to rejection. In the end, it is essential to embrace the fact that rejections are rooted in the opinions of another person, (or persons). Rejection is based on the perceptions of another person and, in most cases, these perceptions are completely wrong. Again, rejection is nothing more than flawed humans expressing their opinion as to the value they perceive in another person.
You may have heard stories of businessmen and women who could not get bank loans, but found ways to creatively finance multi-million-dollar corporations.
You may know of performers who were passed over by large record labels only to have world impacting careers in music.
There are tales of inventors who tried patent after patent before finally crashing through the opposition and enhancing the lives of the world around them.
And so, it should be with you. The rejection of others is painful to endure, but it does not automatically align you with the opinion they have of you.
At the end of the day, your worth is not defined by anyone other than yourself.
While it may be true that certain doors are closed to you based on a rejection, consider what other doors you have not yet attempted to open. There is a new path in front of you now that you are no longer focused on that other goal, opportunity, or relationship.
For instance, a long-term relationship may have ended because of a rejection. But there are literally billions of other people in the world that are ready and willing to see your worth and walk alongside you.
Another reality is that the job application at this particular company, (at this time), was rejected, but as long as you continue to breathe you have an opportunity to pursue the thousands of other companies who would jump at the chance to employ you.
In short, rejection does not have to be a final decision in relation to your future. As long as you are alive, you have endless opportunities before you. Just because a single person at a single moment of time made a decision to say “NO” to you does not mean you cannot create a new “YES” somewhere else.
You are capable of accomplishing anything you set your heart and mind to.
Begin by not allowing the opinions of others to slow your momentum and determination. Use the push of rejection as a springboard to launch you to higher heights as you reach for your dreams and your future.
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