Rejection is part of a person's life. Apparently anyone who wants to make it needs to learn to face rejection bravely, gracefully, and frequently.
When you receive a negative response, make sure you learn from it, and that you always have a new project underway, something that will give you hope no matter how many rejections come your way for the previous project.
I am an occasional writer. When I get inspired, pieces in my dropbox typically seem to fall in the category of love. I am a firm believer that love exists in many forms: a mother to a child, a friend to a friend, selfless love leading to action in order to help humanity….as well as of course romantic love. Many of the famous songs of old are about the passion and perils of romantic love….finding love, heartbreak, the ache of unrequited love….life and literature is ripe with tales and woes of romantic love. Love may at times seem elusive….and barriers to love exist, as we all know.
I see this truth when I examine myself and my own desire for, and yet skittishness toward, romantic love. It can be hard, at times, for me to be vulnerable in this area. Rejection is a part of the elusive search for romantic love. Who likes rejection? No one. It is painful and raw. However, often the process to achieving romantic love will involve rejection, either in dating rejection or in pain from past relationships and break-ups. Rejection can transcend romantic love, however…. Rejection is a fact of life, whether it be in the career field or more relational in nature. Vulnerability is needed in order to find romantic love, but all too often walls are put up to safeguard one’s heart, and to not be hurt any more than one has already been hurt. These walls are problematic, however, and need to be dismantled in order to find a successful outcome in a dating or marital relationship. But... for now theyll stay.
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