"I eat rejection for dinner." "Are you proud of it?" "No, of course not."

At one point in our lives, we all started to develop the fear of rejection. Think as far back as you can. When was the first time you encountered rejection, and you had this feeling in your stomach that you did not like? Was it when someone told you that you weren't "cool" enough to be friends with them? Or was it when someone gave you a look to stay away from their group of friends? Or was it a time with your family? Now think to the most recent time that rejection was in front of you. Was it because of school? Dating? Your career, perhaps? We all may have experienced different scenarios of rejection, but something we may share is the unsatisfying feeling of rejection.

It is normal in the human nature to not like rejection. After all, we just want to strive for accomplishments and success. But what is success without rejection? What is satisfication without knowing what unsatisfaction in? What is happiness without feeling sad before? How do you know that it's sunny if you don't know how it looks when a storm passes?

So why are we so afraid of rejection? We shouldn't be. We should start embracing rejection. We need to recognize that it is a component in life that we all need. Given, someone needs the right mindset to handle rejection in the most positive way possible. Don't be the person who takes rejection as a blow to their confidence. Be the person that takes rejection as a lesson and blessing in teaching you another way to approach what you want. Do not be the person who lets rejection consume a big chunk of your past. Instead, be the person who does not let rejection define who you are. At the end of the day, you are the person who creates the image you want people to percieve you as.

There are two types of people in this world. One who tells the story of rejection stopping them from doing what they want. And one who tells the story of rejection laying out another path for them to succeed in.