Rejection.
“No.”
More often than not, hearing, reading, or seeing that ever-so-short word is not a good thing.
To a child, it might mean you are not getting that piece of candy before dinner. To a teenager or adult, it might mean the girl or guy you have been crushing on is not interested in seeing that new movie with you. To an author, it might mean an agent on whom you had pinned more hope than was wise is not interested in representing you and your book.
Rejection stings. It reaches inside of you and stabs at your heart, doing its best to kill your spirit, your dreams, your hopes. The natural, human reaction is despondency, of course. If you are not upset, downcast, or downhearted after rejection, then whatever you thought you wanted in the first place was not all that important to you.
Up is to down, wet is to dry, as joyous acceptance is to cutting rejection. Anytime you have hopes and dreams, you open yourself to the very real possibility that they will be stepped on, beat down, and trounced.
Some people—a lot of people—give up when this happens. The hurt just hurts too much. Rather than take additional risk, to continue dreaming, to put yourself out there again, they withdraw to what is safe. Comfortable. Easy.
Other people push on, taking the rejection for what it most often is: one person’s opinion. Granted, that person’s opinion could be immensely valuable, the thing that makes or breaks your day, your week, your life. Nevertheless, it is ONE person’s opinion. Learn what you can from it, accept his or her criticism, and move on. But make dang sure you move on.
Don’t quit. Persevere.
Don’t give up. Press on.
That's my plan, at least.
More often than not, hearing, reading, or seeing that ever-so-short word is not a good thing.
To a child, it might mean you are not getting that piece of candy before dinner. To a teenager or adult, it might mean the girl or guy you have been crushing on is not interested in seeing that new movie with you. To an author, it might mean an agent on whom you had pinned more hope than was wise is not interested in representing you and your book.
Rejection stings. It reaches inside of you and stabs at your heart, doing its best to kill your spirit, your dreams, your hopes. The natural, human reaction is despondency, of course. If you are not upset, downcast, or downhearted after rejection, then whatever you thought you wanted in the first place was not all that important to you.
Up is to down, wet is to dry, as joyous acceptance is to cutting rejection. Anytime you have hopes and dreams, you open yourself to the very real possibility that they will be stepped on, beat down, and trounced.
Some people—a lot of people—give up when this happens. The hurt just hurts too much. Rather than take additional risk, to continue dreaming, to put yourself out there again, they withdraw to what is safe. Comfortable. Easy.
Other people push on, taking the rejection for what it most often is: one person’s opinion. Granted, that person’s opinion could be immensely valuable, the thing that makes or breaks your day, your week, your life. Nevertheless, it is ONE person’s opinion. Learn what you can from it, accept his or her criticism, and move on. But make dang sure you move on.
Don’t quit. Persevere.
Don’t give up. Press on.
That's my plan, at least.
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May 23, 2012 09:40AM
It will happen :)
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Yea, rejection letters bite. Still, Im confident that a publisher will pick you up.
Seth wrote: "Yea, rejection letters bite. Still, Im confident that a publisher will pick you up."Thanks for the vote of confidence. :)
I have a few irons in the fire already.
Bobbi wrote: "Lucky for us you don't give up"You're too kind. :)
