What To Remember When Rejection Hurts
Rejection is not the end of the world. Rejection is redirecting you to something else. Something Better.
Rejection is not the end of the world. Rejection is redirecting you to something else. Something Better.
While you are trying to convince yourself that you are capable of remaining distant enough to keep the friendship platonic, the undeniable truth is staring you in the face; you are growing attached, and he is still with his girlfriend.
You can NOT travel unless it is free.
Someone in front of me spoke to get my attention. I looked up and I saw you standing there, asking me to stay a little bit longer.
Now I wonder if I was just the only one that was willing to work through your insecurities with you.
So many of us—myself included—put our priority on what we have or our status in life, versus what really matters: compassion,generosity, peace, presence
I took his next-day rejection as the wrath of the Universe for pre-emptively planning our Jewish-Muslim wedding like the giddy, progressive schoolgirl that I am.
And that’s the thing about eating disorders – they don’t just destroy you, they also hurt those who are close to you because they don’t understand what’s truly wrong. They don’t understand how someone they love and respect so much could do so much harm to themselves. How someone they look up to could be so ashamed of their body. How someone they see as an inspiration and role model can’t see their true reflection when they look in a mirror.
The fact is, a lot of men are just in it to get some. But, believe it or not, there are exceptions.
This is a note for all those who’ve cried, “That’s it. I’ve lost faith in humanity,” or wept, “I give up. There’s nothing I can do to help.”