Comments on: The Sweet Sting of Rejection http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:52:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jennyblake http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/comment-page-2/#comment-7632 jennyblake Mon, 02 May 2011 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/?p=2132#comment-7632 Jeremiah -- I love that question: "What is it that I'm supposed to be doing instead?" Such a great way to re-frame rejection. I'm totally with you -- rejection is the flashing sign-post that tells us to take a different approach or to move on -- and usually pays great unexpected dividends. Thanks for your comments! Have a great week :) Jeremiah — I love that question: “What is it that I’m supposed to be doing
instead?” Such a great way to re-frame rejection. I’m totally with you –
rejection is the flashing sign-post that tells us to take a different
approach or to move on — and usually pays great unexpected dividends.
Thanks for your comments! Have a great week :)

]]> By: Jeremiah Stanghini http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/comment-page-2/#comment-7627 Jeremiah Stanghini Sun, 01 May 2011 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/?p=2132#comment-7627 Rejection has a way of redirecting us in the direction we were "meant to go." We try option Y and get "redirected" (by the universe) to option N. While rejection can, as you say, sting, as soon as I get past that initial pang of anger/disappointment, I immediately look for the silver lining, which most times, means: where/what is it that I'm supposed to be doing instead? With Love and Gratitude, Jeremiah Rejection has a way of redirecting us in the direction we were “meant to go.” We try option Y and get “redirected” (by the universe) to option N. While rejection can, as you say, sting, as soon as I get past that initial pang of anger/disappointment, I immediately look for the silver lining, which most times, means: where/what is it that I’m supposed to be doing instead?

With Love and Gratitude,

Jeremiah

]]> By: jennyblake http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/comment-page-2/#comment-7362 jennyblake Sun, 20 Mar 2011 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/?p=2132#comment-7362 Thanks George! Happy this post was helpful :) Thanks for stopping by! Thanks George! Happy this post was helpful :) Thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Georgemichael123 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/comment-page-2/#comment-7344 Georgemichael123 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/?p=2132#comment-7344 grad school rejection...and I'm okay now after reading your article...nice motivation!! Nice!! grad school rejection…and I’m okay now after reading your article…nice motivation!! Nice!!

]]> By: Do You Know Your Enemy? | Ophelias Webb http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/comment-page-2/#comment-6658 Do You Know Your Enemy? | Ophelias Webb Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:56:01 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/?p=2132#comment-6658 [...] push the main character to explore depths of themselves that they never would have without such adversity.  Let’s [...] [...] push the main character to explore depths of themselves that they never would have without such adversity.  Let’s [...]

]]> By: jennyblake http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/blog/2010/07/11/the-sweet-sting-of-rejection/comment-page-2/#comment-6489 jennyblake Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:15:00 +0000 http://www.lifeaftercollege.org/?p=2132#comment-6489 Thanks so much Jardley! Hang in there - and let those rejections just be motivation to keep on going. Have a fantastic week ahead! I think it's amazing that you are doing your art in the first place. Thanks so much Jardley! Hang in there – and let those rejections just be motivation to keep on going. Have a fantastic week ahead! I think it’s amazing that you are doing your art in the first place.

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