You've got you, that is all you need.

"Rejection is a part of life, it's not personal. Rejection means you still have something to learn. It is good because that is how you grow stronger as a person within. Many people let rejection stop them, don't let it stop you." - Unknown

Rejection from any person or aspect of life makes you question your own identity who you are and your individual self-worth. You begin to wonder if you will be enough for the next person in your life or even the next goal. More than anything you began to overthink the idea of if you will ever even be enough for you. The sensation we feel throughout our body takes captive our ability to see with a clear mind. To observe our surroundings and become mindful of the bigger picture.

When you get rejected, there's an embarrassment that holds onto you, to the point you can't bring yourself to make sense of or even communicate with those closest to your heart. As though you are afraid they will begin to see you as what has rejected you. But those that are in your life, that love and care for you when you forget to do it yourself will only ever want you to be you. They will accept you when it feels like the world doesn’t. Those are the ones we should acknowledge and share gratitude with for our appreciation of their heart. For they are the ones that experience the big lessons of being human with you. Even more, we should replenish the love and recognize our full worth of ourselves.

You are the person you have at the end of every day to pick you up. You are the only one that can understand the comfort you need to heal. Healing and growth happen when we prioritize our minds in a safe space. A way to rest, reflect, and grow.

“If you live for people’s acceptance, you will die from their rejection.” Lecrae

When life knocks us off our track it is only redirecting us to the lesson we must learn in order to grow and meet our own definition of success. Whether that is with love, our career, or discovering who we are. We must understand that when our world is tumbling and we are not conscious of what we are experiencing, that simply means we are in the middle of a lesson. We will feel pain and confusion until we acquire a piece of greater knowledge. The suffering stops, when the lesson does. Cherie Carter-Scott’s fourth Rule for Being Human, is “the lesson is repeated until learned.” This is the purpose of breakthroughs and what truly allows us to experience what it means to be human. To come face to face with every emotion head-on. To be mindful and simply feel with each moment we are gifted in the present.

Do not worry about the past or the future, but focus on the step we are taking on our path. Rejection, loneliness, and suffering are the only aspects of life that will teach you what you do and don’t deserve. It will center your focus on how you can heal. Because you will. You have to make that choice. You cannot let yourself fall into a place no one is able to reach you. That is when you miss out and lose the opportunity to feel alive. One may argue, that they simply don’t want to feel alive. But that is because all they ever know is what it feels like to survive.