Dealing With Rejection From People
If there is actually something I have come to discover, it is the fact that at one point of our lives, we will face rejection. What do I mean that by, everyone is bound to face rejection in different spheres of lives. We will face rejection either in our relationship, in our careers, in our friendship with people and many more. In my country Nigeria where I lived, rejection has become the order of the day daily and it is getting often.
One of the major causes of reason why rejection has increased massively is the fact that rejection can be challenging most especially when you are trying to find the reasons why you are been rejected and you discovered it is because of some minor reasons. It can be frustrating when you discovered that you are rejected because of what people perceived about your financially, probably because of your dressing or probably because of your past mistakes.
I have seen a lot of people which can't handle the pressure of rejection and at the end of the day, it actually leads them to massive depression. In fact some of them even commit suicide. This should not be so actually. Whenever someone is rejected, it brings emotional trauma, it comes with sadness and even reduce your self confidence at the end of the day. But one of the things that has helped me to understand rejection is the fact that I understand it from the place of strength and not from the place of weakness. I always see it as an end means to growth and not stagnation.
Someone reading this ask me that how can I actually handle rejection. The first one I will acknowledge is the fact that you should see rejection from a place of learning. Instead of seeing yourself as a failure probably because you were rejected. You need to brace up and be determined that no matter what, you will keep going. Sometimes I looked back to my life and I actually am grateful to some rejection I witness in my life because it actually pushes me to become a better person of my life.
Some of us will not develop ourselves if we are not rejected. Always see rejection as a way to get better. Your emotions must really be strong whereby you are not moved no matter what happens to people, you are determined that it will not limit you. You need to be able to bounce back from any and every setbacks you experience and that is the power of resilience. You need to always have a positive mindset irrespective of what might happen. I understand that there are some rejections that can be difficult to handle most especially if it is coming from people that you really loved.
You need to continually improve yourself and keep growing. The more you keep growing, you might be rejected today but trust me, you will not be rejected for so long if you continually develop and grow yourself. There are places and platforms which I was actually rejected but right now, I am accepted and I looked back, what actually made the difference? Well the difference is because I continue developing yourself. Never seen rejection as the end of the world. See it as a point to keep getting better and better and trust me, it is just a matter of time before you start seeing the Manifestation of it.
Rejection is part of life. It makes us stronger and the truth is we can not understand how it will make use stronger if we didn't not accept know how it actually works. We need to keep getting better and better. The more we are getting better, the earlier and better it will be for us. If we understand this, we will not be depressed whenever we are rejected, instead we will be motivated to keep getting back.
