Rejection to redirection to connection
P2 of The Best “No” I Ever Got
This is a short blog post which follows on from the last. I wrote about ‘The best ‘no’ I ever got’ and the response has been really encouraging. The stand first was: rejection to redirection. But after sharing, I unlocked another level which is connection. Thank you to everyone who engaged with this post on socials. These are just a couple lines to wrap up yesterday’s thoughts.
As someone who creates content, having high engagement is a great aspiration. It’s rewarding when you put out a piece of content and it receives the level of response you hoped for. But every time I share something, I like to think about that one person, the one person who truly needs to hear the message I’m putting out. Yesterday, that person was me. Or should I say, my younger self.
The girl who was on the floor of her mum’s room, crying, thinking life was over when she didn’t get into her dream school. She wouldn’t have believed that I could overcome it so drastically. It took a really long time to be able to talk about it, let alone move past it. But yesterday, that chapter truly closed.
The most surprising part? I initially shared this for myself—to seal the chapter with a reflection. What made it even more meaningful was that others could relate to it.
Something I learned from a sermon recently is that there is wisdom in my wounds. The emotional wound of not being accepted cut deep, but there was a lesson in it, a lesson I was able to share. (You’ll have to read the article to see what I mean.) I was redirected, and now I can connect with others who have been through a similar experience or are currently facing it.
At 15 years old, I thought that feeling of rejection was unique to me. But there were many before me, and there will be many after who feel the same. The difference is that now they know at least one more person who has seen the light on the other side. Sometimes all you need to know is that it gets better. I no longer worry about hitting rock bottom because God is my rock.
If you have a story that can empower others, I encourage you to share it!
That’s all I have to say for now. It was humbling to open up about such a moment in my life, and I no longer see it as a failure. I can’t beat yourself up for trying. The determination and grit I built up then are things I’m thankful to still have now. I have so many more stories like this to share, so make sure to subscribe to be the first to know when a new article is out!
