Rejections are a part of life, yet many of us, particularly young people who have hardly faced rejections, find it difficult to cope up with them. It can be anything ranging from academics or profession, rejections form an indispensable part of the process. It also happens that if one is not facing any rejection, it means that, they are not trying anything new and are happy within their comfort zone. Such scenarios are even more dangerous than facing rejections as you start becoming obsolete. But even after the justifications, we have to admit that nobody likes rejections. So let us try to find out some alternative ways to dealing with rejections.
If we try to introspect the reasons for facing any rejection, we might come across a lot of factors which might have lead to this outcome. If you couldn’t clear an interview or were unable to impress your date, there can be reasons or personal shortcomings. So in one sense, rejections can be a great source to know of our limitations and the areas of improvement. If we try to work on each of the points which we find lead to a rejection, eventually we would be better and minimize the chances of same rejections in the future. Ultimately, getting a job of life partner is less of an ideal situation but more of a personal liking and taste, and it clicks only when the other person gets in you, what he/she is looking for.
Also, when you read the biographies of various successful people, you will find that they attribute their success to their failures or rejections. Not only do these rejections motivate you to work harder but sometimes also pushes towards a different path in which one excels exponentially. You can call it luck or simply conditions, but looking back at the rejections, one can try to connect the dots and know that those rejections were actually the best drivers for their success as it leads them to something better than the original choice.
Although the above points can help to deal with rejection in a positive way, it becomes really depressing when one is facing rejections continuously. It can be an effort to find a job or trying to set up a new business, or even finding a suitable spouse for you. it is natural to lose hope when your trials and waits have been quite long. But in such circumstances, we can try to console ourselves by believing in luck and karma. Conditions in life keep on changing, it is never possible that a person would be going through bad phases only, the same thing applies to even the good times. If we keep on trying without losing hope and having faith in God, our conditions are bound to change for better. And moreover, it is the rejections and failures that actually makes a person realise the reality of life and people, and also the value of acceptance/success.
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