Elephant Journal Post – Rejection: A Thing of the Past.
“No is not a rejection; it is a cosmic redirection.” ~ Hollie Holden.
Or as Steve Maraboli recently posted, “Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”
To be able to re-frame rejection into something positive is possibly one of the most liberating things you can do as a human.
It totally reinforces that golden lesson of getting out of our own way—of allowing the universe to take over, do its thing, and gracefully forge a better plan.
To be able to do this though, we need to acknowledge what rejection really is.
Rejection pains our ego enormously. It brings up many thoughts:
What’s wrong with me?
Why don’t you like me?
Am I not likable?
What did I do wrong?
Am I not worthy or deserving?
It triggers feelings of sadness, hurt, indignity, confusion, defensiveness and separation.
