There is no one in the world who doesn't get rejected. Everyone will come across people, situations, and job cultures that just don't fit. You'll want something more than it wants you. Lessons and coaching is even a form of rejection, because you walk in to hear how to improve week after week.
I've had doors slammed in my face, stacks of rejection letters, and been told countless times that I wasn't talented enough - and by well-meaning, helpful people.
We have to decide what our relationship to rejection is. We all must ask, "What is scarier to me - rejection or regret?"
Or better yet ...
What is in harmony with my essence?
Be Present
Feel where you are and accept it. Let any actions flow from being peace, instead of fear of a negative.
That negative is not your identity. Then maybe you do nothing. May you do. Maybe you choose a new
third option. Be so immersed in this moment that anything not you fades away.
Create Space
Space transforms us when we are awake. Negativity manipulating to get its desired results transforms
into love and grace. We are able to love. We no longer grasp others but allow them to be themselves.
Act in Integrity
Integrity is being one with yourself. Being one with all things. Being real. Drop whatever does not have
the energy that matches yours. There is a bond between yourself and all things. Nothing is lost, yet
everything changes. Our goal is to keep ourselves awake.
Surrender
Notice any feeling of resistance. Accept that you feel this, and that it is not who you are. You cannot
change the past or future. The feelings of rejection and regret cannot keep you from your true self.
Those feelings are what you fear and are trying to avoid. Yet you are free, light, and peace. Let go into all
that is in this moment. If a situation is not good, recognize that and then do one thing at a time from a
place of harmony and satisfaction.
No matter what happens, nothing can shake you when you exist like this. Who you are ripples outward to change others, not what you say or do. We do not find out identity outside of ourselves and so the feelings of rejection and regret are an illusion. Life is simpler than that. There is always a way through.
If we act from a place of harmony with our essence, then the negative aspects of rejection and regret vanish. We have flipped our very relationship with them on its head. We no longer walk into performances and lessons afraid but in the full, radiant light of who we are.